I've written a lot about how to avoid failure or how to pursue success. I've written a lot about what makes a successful project. But this article isn't about those topics.
This article is about what it feels like to be part of a project as it fails, when you realize you can't pull it out of a nosedive.
A while back, NPR reported on a study of depression and found that optimism was a key part of depression. In order to have your hopes and dreams dashed, you must have them in the first place. To keep soldiering on, you have to believe it will get better even if you're headed in a different direction.
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