Reframe A Setback At Work As Useful Information

Something has gone wrong, a promotion, a project, a bad piece of feedback, and your brain has quietly turned it into proof of something bigger and worse about you. This separates what actually happened from the story you have attached to it, offers two other readings, and gives you one useful next step. Suits anyone replaying the same setback on a loop.

<context>
Something went wrong recently: {WHAT_HAPPENED}, such as [being passed over for a promotion you expected to get]. You are currently telling yourself a story about what this means about you.
</context>

<task>
**Reframe a workplace setback without minimising it:**
1. State plainly what happened, stripped of the story added to it
2. Identify the interpretation currently being made and whether the evidence actually supports it
3. Offer two alternative, equally plausible interpretations
4. Suggest one useful action that follows from treating this as information rather than verdict
</task>

<output_format>
- What happened, in one neutral sentence
- The current story, and how much of it is fact versus assumption
- Two alternative readings
- One next action
</output_format>