News Item: NEW YORK (AP) —”Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. says he feels “like a loser” after Big Brown’s stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, and he was still searching for answers Monday about what went wrong. Big Brown became the first horse seeking the Triple Crown to finish last in 140 years of running the 1 1/2-mile Belmont.”I feel like a loser right now and I don’t know why,” Dutrow told the Daily Racing Form on Monday. “Usually when I get beat I can handle it the right way, and I’ve handled this the right way, but I just feel like something’s not right.”Dutrow said he’s been unable to find anything physically wrong with Big Brown.”

Sometimes failure just sucks. Rick Dutrow feels like a loser because he can’t explain his losing. Big Brown is the latest example of sometimes when we fail there isn’t always something learn. Big Brown, on the edge to be the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years  inexplicably finished dead last in the Belmont Stakes this past Saturday. Why did he lose after being undefeated? No one knows. The horse seems to be fine. The track was fine.

This illustrates my point that when we fail in business, there always isn’t something to learn. In fact, constantly looking for something to learn after we have failed actually holds us back from moving forward. When you do fail, learn what you can, wallow in it for awhile, and cheer the darkness. Then let it go (bounce ! as I say) and take an action so you have another chance of success.