How to Learn from Mistakes
What’s the last mistake you made? Think of how it made you feel or how it caused you to behave. A common reaction is to inwardly cringe and try to forget it. But this is a missed opportunity, we should all learn from mistakes, as the author Richard Bach says: “Mistakes – call them unexpected…
9 Ways to Handle Mistakes to Move On
We all make mistakes, like tripping on a curb, breaking wind in an elevator, missing a deadline or saying the wrong thing. Most are small, but sometimes they’re life changing ones. They impact us in different ways. Two people can make the same mistake – one person can move on with little thought, whilst the…
Why Am I Pessimistic? Understand Pessimism for Positive Change
A pessimist tends to focus more on the negative than the positive. A personality trait which seems to be on the up. People I’ve spoken to have said that over the last few years they’ve become more pessimistic. Something which I’ve also noticed in myself. So, I wanted to understand more about what pessimism is,…