Do Not Be Afraid To Make Mistakes

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Do Not Be Afraid To Make Mistakes

Make Mistakes

If you’re taking action, you’ll make mistakes. When you make a mistake, that’s great! You just learned something. Don’t be so afraid of making mistakes, that you fail to take action.

Admit your mistakes and examine them carefully. Take responsibility for them, and learn from them. Mistakes are superb teachers. Knowing what doesn’t work, can be a tremendous help in determining what will work.

Tom Watson, the founder of IBM, well understood the value of mistakes. Once, one of his employees made a huge mistake that cost the company millions of dollars. The employee, upon being called into Watson’s office, said “I suppose you want my resignation.” “Are you kidding,” replied Watson. “I just spent ten million dollars educating you.”

Successful, effective people learn from everything that happens, including mistakes. When you make a mistake, the best policy is to pick up the pieces and look carefully at what happened. Don’t tear yourself up over it. Just examine it and learn from it. Then apply your new knowledge and try again.

Look For Solutions Instead Of Assigning Blame

Sure, if there’s a problem it helps to know how it came about. Yet there’s no sense in spending a lot of time worrying about who is to blame. The most useful activity in such a situation, is the effort spent in putting together a solution. Once the problem is apparent, the cause is usually evident. Move forward, get past the blame, and find a solution.

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