I came across this book after listening to a podcast interview with the author christine hassler. Disappointment is never fun, whether youre dealing with a relationship that didnt work out or youve missed out on a major opportunity to advance your career. Perhaps the project youve been working on for months suddenly got canceled for flimsy reasons. Christine hassler left her job as a successful hollywood agent to pursue a life she. Maybe you got passed over for the promotion you really wanted. My latest article for inc magazine is now available, called 8 ways to deal with disappointment in business it starts off a bit like this. People who are disappointed are at greater risk of physical or emotional difficulties, or both.
Christine hasslers new book will help you deal with your expectation hangover. Dealing with disappointment at work is a prime example of how overcoming the obstacle can be more important than the obstacle itself. View the setback as an opportunity to grow and change. Making disappointment, failure and rejection work for you. Maybe it was an online flirtation that seemed to hold so much promise. In this realistic, hopefilled book, john hindley shows how to deal with disappointment what disappointment is, what it does, and how to learn to live with the. One way to cope with disappointment is by writing down our feelings, says diana raab, phd, creativity expert and author of healing with words and writing for bliss. Here are some steps you can take today to work through disappointment, failure or rejection and actually turn them into opportunities to get you closer to where you want to be. Or, perchance, your best friend at work took a job elsewhere.
Maybe your budget didnt get the increase you wanted. Dealing with disappointment john hindley the good book. One bold message in the book of job is that you can say anything to god. Somehow, they have the strength to take stock of what has happened to them, learn from the incident, and move on. Many people successfully work through their disappointments. Sometimes, those emotions by themselves are easier to deal with, but disappointment can leave me at a loose end. Or perchance your best friend at work took a job elsewhere. Disappointment is a part of life a complex emotion that most of us have a hard time understanding and managing. Maybe continue reading dealing with disappointment at work. His most recent book is down the rabbit hole of leadership. There are other people whove been through the same situation but was able to overcome it. It is filled with ways to deal with your expectation hangovers, and how to reduce future hangovers. As life goes on, so does our disappointments and failures. How to handle disappointment pastor steven furtick.
Cheri burcham has tips to help parents help them deal with disappointment in this weeks facts. When things dont go as planned, its easy to be disappointed. How to deal with disappointment 11 ways to overcome. How to deal with disappointment with pictures wikihow. Disappointment is a tricky emotion to deal with because every day can bring about new situations to be disappointed over. Throw at him your grief, your anger, your doubt, your bitterness, your betrayal, your disappointmenthe can absorb them all. Disappointed by unmet expectations in your personal or professional life. Deal with disappointment in a healthy and constructive way with the help of these 12 practical and powerful steps.
No reasonable person expects another person to respond to disappointment like a. See why your disappointment doesnt have to lead to a dead end. It can immediately change his thought pattern from, poor me, nothing ever goes my way, to oh well, itll work out next time. Are you in the midst of a major work disappointment.
Hassler offered listeners advice on how to deal with disappointment. Such individuals appear to have a greater frequency of. How to deal with professional disappointment at work. Its complex, containing a subset of other emotions like anger, hurt, sadness, and probably many others too subtle to identify. For me, disappointment is one of lifes most uncomfortable feelings.