Twenty years ago, Susan Page was in the final round for a high profile management position at University of California, Berkeley. She was devastated when she lost the job to another candidate.
Personal setbacks can be a wellspring of change.
For every door that closes, another opens. Remember good things that have come from situations not of your choosing. Who Failed Page threw in the towel and decided to start a consulting business. In the New Economy, having failed at least once adds to one's corporate cachet. People who fail are considered to be risk-takers who don't mind walking perilously close to the edge.