You Will Make Mistakes

If you're a learner, you will make mistakes.

The more you're willing to reach and risk, the more mistakes you'll make.

The more mistakes you make, the greater you'll be able to navigate mistakes and make those mistakes work for you.  Mistakes will become common, accepted, and less worrisome.

Making mistakes work for you means that you analyze a mistake, find the meaning in it, and apply that meaning to future endeavor.

There are some mistakes however that you can't turn back from, and you must keep a short list of those errors in your mind. These are mistakes you never want to make, mistakes like angry words, dangerous physical actions, careless process with health and safety procedures, and actions you can't reverse.

Also, own your mistakes.  Those who mask and cover up error, waste their own time and the time and potential of others.  Recently a person in my midst made an error that was somewhat substantial, but he owned the error right away which meant we could research and remedy.  The result was learning for all, and no ill effect.  Had the individual masked the error, the result could have been physically damaging to a person.  Owning error and mistake matters.

Learners who fear mistakes, don't grow. They never get to experience the joy and result of work that's taken enormous risk, endeavor, vision, and reach.  Hence, learning today includes error and mistake, learn from it and move forward.

Follow your vision, right mistakes and learn from them, and move forward.  That's what vigorous, promising learning is all about.