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SCREW UPS AND DOWNS
Here I Am Being Wrong Again
No one likes making mistakes, do they?
“All I know is one of us is right and the other one is you.” David Didau
I hate being wrong. Who doesn’t?
My simple advice: Get used to it. It’s as much a part of life as death, taxes, and “deez nuts” jokes.
This morning I made a boo-boo. A first-world owie that nonetheless was still an error. The last-minute request mixed with this-needs-to-be-done panic and only-scanning-and-not-even-well instructions for what to do with a time-sensitive legal document was, well, not the makings of a successful elixir.
I screwed up.
Kristina Benoist maintains that to “move past your mistakes” you must:
Accept your mistakes
Find the lesson in it
Be kind to yourself
Remember that you’re thinking about it more than anyone else
Figure out what’s next
Let it go
Okay, okay, let’s give this a whirl.
- Accept your mistakes. Sitting cross-legged I review what happened. Sure, I’m not really criss cross apple sauce because if I…
