Dear Dr. Mimi- Feeling Like A Failure

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Dear Dr. Mimi,
I messed up at my job. We had a big project that I worked hard on, and it just wasn’t as successful as we had hoped. I feel like such a failure! How do I tell my boss about it?
—Feeling Like a Failure

Dear Feeling,
It is hard when a project doesn’t go the way you hoped, but the best way to look at it is to make this failure a learning experience. Determine the cause of the failure. Timing? Resources? Planning? Jumping to conclusions? Relying on ambiguous data? Once you’ve found where to make changes and how to correct the problem, let your boss know how you would tackle it if you were to have another opportunity.
—Dr. Mimi

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