Failure can knock the confidence and enthusiasm out of people as quickly and as easily as a punch on the nose can make your eyes water. How can we recover and maintain the enthusiasm we have lost? How can we learn to see clearly once more?

Only a few years ago, I attended a seminar organized by the Anthony Robbins group on making money through investing in shares amongst other things.

As I walked out of the doors full of enthusiasm and excitement ready to make the most of my new found confidence and knowledge, I was met by men in straw hats who were advertising a course on making money through investing in shares.

I attended the weekend course and my enthusiasm and confidence increased.

A year or so later I had managed to lose