EXERCISE 7b: How do you handle things that did not go well for you?

Can you remember a time when you took on a challenge, at work or in your private life, assuming that you would easily succeed, but you actually realized you did not possess the skills to achieve this? What did you do about this?  

Can you remember a time when you made a commitment to help another person, and in the end, you could not come through? What did you do about this?  

Can you remember a time when you promised to do something for someone and then realized you couldn’t? What did you do about this?