Why We Fear Mistakes (and How to Move Past Them)
We all fear making mistakes—but why? If you know the why, you discover why you’re putting something off. I’ve missed opportunities in the past related to public speaking. My fear of talking in front of a group of people. I worried about making mistakes, looking foolish, and embarrassing myself. You may relate, public speaking is…
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…