I think women let themselves be burdened by failures much more than men do. They agonize - and I do it a lot, too - and rethink them.
I bought myself a DVD set of 'Lost' and only allowed myself to watch it while I was strength training. Sometimes I'd exercise longer than I intended to because I didn't want to turn it off. Talk about positive reinforcement!
You know what kind of companies generally survive? Companies that make more money than they spend. I know, duh, right?
I can't tell you how many board meetings I've been in where the CEO is anguished over the impacts on morale that cost cutting or layoffs will bring about. You know what hurts morale even more than cost-cutting and layoffs? Going out of business.
