Problem
Personal failure
Other Names:
LosersShortcomings in personal character
Inadequate personality
Nature:
Personal failure occurs when the results of initiatives taken fail to match the expectations. For those with out-directed values the expectations are those of important others (family, associates and institutional reference points), whereas those with inner-directed values naturally tend to rely more on their own personal standards. The former is influenced by someone else's standards without necessarily understanding it or being equipped to live by it. Few can match the external accomplishments of their idols and are thus vulnerable to a constant sense of failure. The inner-directed person may also set unreachable goals and be constantly dissatisfied with the failure to achieve them fully, possibly because they are too divorced from reality. Broader Problems:
Frustrated past goals Narrower Problems:
Personal insolvencyStigma of unemployment Aggravates:
Refusal to admit error Strategies:
Dealing with personal failure Values:
Failure Subject(s):
Societal Problems → FailureSocietal Problems → Inadequacy
Psychology → Psychology
Individuation → Individuation
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
01.01.2000 – 00:00 CET