How can we succeed if we have never failed? Mistakes are simply a type of failure. Everybody makes them. Learning from our mistakes allows us the chance to succeed in the future. In fact, if we learn from our mistakes and turn them into experience, which leads towards success...then they truly aren’t mistakes. They are simply an experience.
Lets say you picked the wrong major and feel like wasted your college tuition on an education you won’t do anything with. Well, it certainly must be hard to spend all that time, money and effort on something you don’t want to do anything with anymore. You wouldn’t be the first person to do this though. In fact, some people go their entire lives in a career that does nothing to fulfill them. Other people never get a chance for an education because they need to support their family. So you chose the wrong major? Congratulations for figuring that out! You may have made a mistake with your initial selection, but you succeeded in figuring out one thing that is not right for you. It is up to you to take your experience and do something with it. It is only a mistake if you do nothing to learn from your experiences. Need help taking your mistake and turning it into a success? Try these steps:
No. 1: Admit you made a mistake. This is the most critical step and one that many people have a very hard time with. Why? We are all human. We all have these experiences. Be human. Be yourself. You may find out that it is freeing to be honest with yourself, and the byproduct is that people are attracted to honesty and vulnerability.
No. 2: In very fine detail, explain why it is a mistake. Don’t just say it was a mistake and move on. Why is it a mistake? Is it a mistake because of how it made you feel? Why does it make you feel that way? Or perhaps because of how you made someone else feel? This step helps you learn why you don’t want to make that same mistake again. Once you learn this...
No. 3: What can you do not to repeat the same mistake? You may make several mistakes before you succeed, but please don’t make the same mistakes. Insanity is doing something over and over again expecting a different result. Don’t be insane. Be creative. Come up with a plan. Take your experience and offer yourself different possible solutions to try so that you can eventually succeed.
Mistakes are an important part of our lives. You can do one of two things with them: you can do the easy thing -nothing- and frustrate yourself and/or others by repeating them; or, when you are to, you can follow these steps to make it an experience you learn from and lead you toward success. Be brave. Choose the more difficult way. Make experiences, not mistakes. It will reward you in the end.
Enjoy Life.
Coach Randal Suozzo, CPC, ELI-MP
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