I Make Mistakes And I Am Proud Of It

Posted on 20. May, 2009 by lollydaskal in Blog

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable,

but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

Everyone makes mistakes. The bad news is that it will almost definitely happen to you. Mistakes are often frowned upon. Perfection seems to be the main objective to most people in their work, relationship and life. If you never make mistakes, then it is likely that you are not taking any risks in your life. If fear is the underlying cause that keeps you stagnate from reaching your desired results in your life, I offer that you to have the courage to aim for success and not perfection. Some think that success is absence of errors. Some think that if you are taking all the right steps and you are doing it correctly you will not fail. Wrong! Making mistakes is the key to making progress. Mistakes are not just golden opportunities for learning; they are, in an important sense, the only opportunity for learning something truly new. A mistake is not about failure; it just means the action you have taken did not produce the results you hoped for and that is okay. Each one of us makes mistakes from time to time. When you do, rather than beating yourself up over it, learn from it. Ask yourself, what did I learn from this experience, and how will I act differently next time. Mistakes give feedback on what needs to be fixed. Living means choosing, and choosing means running the risk of making mistakes, and accepting the risk of being guilty of making mistakes. You are going to make lots of mistakes in your life, and some of them, unless you truly do lead a charmed life, will really hurt--yourself and others. Instead of turning away in denial when you make a mistake, you should become an expert of your own mistakes, turning them over in your mind as if they were works of art, which in a way they are. You should seek out new opportunities and be willing to make mistakes, just so you can then recover from them. I am a true believer of  learning from my mistakes. I encourage harmless mistakes, and I accept mistakes in others. As for me, I make mistakes and I am proud of it.