Feelings have nothing to do with failure. It is not personnel to fail at something, so why bring emotions into it.
In order to truly fail one must have given up. There is a difference between failure and a setback. The great ones know this and Edison had a great answer for a question that was
Thomas A. Edison quotes (showing 1-30 of 57) “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Albert Einstein
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -
Aaaahh would needs history or anyone from the past said, What can that teach us !!
When did failing at something become such a bad thing ?
Small minds worry about what others think of them perhaps and, this is the world of personal branding where impression is everything.
What happened to sleep ????
Respect and what someone thinks of you are 2 different things. I rather have the respect then being liked.
I was always taught to teach the members under you to do your job so they can take your spot when needed. Only way to do that is to know your job inside and out. This however is not the way the world works.