How to Handle Setbacks and Learn From Your Mistakes || Via @entrepreneur || #idealentrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship can be a rocky road, full of setbacks, challenges and, often, failure.  That being said, an integral part of being successful as a founder is  to understand exactly where you went wrong and learn from your mistakes, so you don’t make them again.

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That’s what Entrepreneur’s Editorial Director Dan Bova teaches us. In this one-minute mentor video, Bova shares an Entrepreneur article  that inspired him, outlining how entrepreneurs can move forward when  faced with major setbacks. And what it all comes down to is embracing  failure, dealing with obstacles head-on and breaking them down so you  can get an idea of where exactly you went wrong.

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“Taking  a 30,000-foot view of failure can make it seem gigantic and  impenetrable,” Bova explains. “But if you dig in and pick apart each  step, you can pretty much pinpoint where things went wrong and figure  out what to do next time.”

To learn more about pushing past obstacles, click play.