1/25/2008
Making mistakes is a good thing
| Show me the person who makes no mistakes and I will show you someone who is, well....not alive! Who among us hasn't made mistakes? I make 'em daily, big and small. One of my goals is to take everything I do wrong, or too much or not enough less seriously in a personal way and more seriously in an educational way. Over the years, my mistakes have proven to be great mentors. How many times have you done something in your business (like work on a project without a written agreement or promise something within an unreasonable timeframe) and then realized that not only did you make a mistake, but that you would learn from this mistake in a way that would spur you to act differently the next time around. I'm not going to say I welcome mistakes, but I don't think I would have ever gotten this far without my mistakes! I try to be grateful for mistakes I have made, for bad choices I have made, for the wrong clients and for unrealistic projects and deadlines. As long as you and I don't keep making the same mistakes, we can both rest assured that we're moving in the right direction. Labels: deadlines, making mistakes |
