Failure. We don't like to talk about it. But we all worry about it.

We worry about it in the present: Why am I not doing better in my career? Do my coworkers think I'm messing up? Is my boss unhappy with me?

We worry about it in the past: Why didn't I speak up at that meeting? Is it my fault I got laid off last year? What if I hadn't left that job ten years ago?

And we worry about it in the future: What if I don't get the project done on time? Will I end up without a bonus? Am I going to get fired?

But good leaders and CEOs respond differently. Faced with failure, they stay in motion. They quit bad jobs, separate from investors they conflict with, and get up off the sidewalk and go back to work.

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