Here's how you can enhance your creative abilities by embracing self-reflection after failure.

In creativity and innovation, all failures are learning opportunities. Therefore, the word "failure" doesn't accurately describe this experience. We can see failures as experiments: when something doesn't go as expected, we can still extract valuable lessons for future actions. However, to inform our future actions in a relevant way, it's necessary to understand what happened, what we could have done differently, etc. All these ideas arise through reflection.

La reflexion es clave en el proceso de transformacion y aprendizaje. En ese momento de analisis es cuando encontraremos la moraleja de cada situacion. Esto es lo que nos va limando en nuestra carrera para convertinos en la mariposa que somos.

Embrace failure as a stepping stone for growth. After setbacks, reflect on what went wrong, why, and how you can improve. This introspection fosters resilience, adaptability, and innovative thinking, ultimately enhancing your creative abilities.

Be transparent with yourself! The process of self-reflection is essential if we want to evolve as people and professionals. Evaluating in depth and honestly the reasons for our failures will allow us to have self-knowledge tools that serve to improve our skills and thus have better chances of success. But the key is to be transparent with yourself and allow yourself to be honest so as not to hide the reasons for failure, otherwise you will be lying to yourself and will not obtain the benefits of sincere self-reflection.

Las emociones que se sienten tras un fracaso son lógicas, normales y esperadas. Si no seríamos robots. En nosotros está, un buen dominio y control de las mismas. No podemos dejar que “nos posean” ya que entraríamos en una fase de retroalimentación negativa muy tóxica para uno mismo. Además este estado, bloquea y frena por completo la creatividad. Para crear hay que estar relajado, en calma y feliz.

I personally tell myself: Don't sweat it! Turn it into creative fuel. Self-reflection after a setback isn't about dwelling on negativity. It's about learning and growing. Think of it as sharpening your creative saw. The more you learn from your failures, the sharper and more versatile your creative mind becomes. So next time you face a creative flop, don't despair! Embrace it as a valuable learning experience, dust yourself off, and get ready to create something even more awesome next time.

Remaining honest with self in the process of identifying any debilitating patterns is also key. With patterns identified, roots can be traced and holistically nurtured. Take it further and open dialogue around any patterns identified, with a trusted peer. Sometimes a different POV can lend to additional support during ‘reprogramming’.

It is okay to make mistakes. Success is not a linear slope and will often be more like a rollercoaster with lots of ups and downs. At the end of the day, our failures are where we learn and understand what to improve on to make this a success. After evaluating it is time to adjust your tactics. What went wrong, what might you have missed, and what needs to happen to get back on track? Stay open-minded and relaxed, this will help you respond to failure better.

Quanto mais compartilhamos o que deu errado em nossas inciativas e o que pudemos aprender com isto, n?o só contribuimos para o aprendizado dos que est?o trilhando o mesmo caminho que nós, como também desperta a curiosidade, abrindo assim novas discuss?es com novos enfoques que talvez n?o tenhamos percebido. E como a curiosidade é a mola-mestra da criatividade, isso acaba se tornando, na verdade, mais um exercício criativo que só traz benefícios para o autor.