“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
This should be incorporated in our way of thinking today. Failures and mistakes are inevitable. Thus, we must stop being afraid of mistakes and stop being so harsh on ourselves for making them.
Don’t dwell on it, acknowledge the mistakes, learn and grow from it. The amount of energy spent on fighting the old can be used on building the new. We must use it to our advantage and push ourselves to be better than we were yesterday.
Brands, companies and individuals learn from the mistakes of others or the mistakes of their past. The most successful people work hard to not make them again. Be conscious at all times of your past, present and future but at the same time live in the moment.
The book “Mistakes I made at work: 25 Influential women reflect on what they got out of getting it wrong.” By Jessica Bacal, which is a brilliant read for women. It includes interviews of successful women from a variety of fields, talking about how they have used their mistakes as a stepping stone to get to where they are meant to be.
Bacal during interviews talks about the biggest challenges women face in the workplace, how men and women are treated differently which leads to a huge gap income and promotions. However, slowly culture is changing and women are overcoming obstacles by working hard.
One of her best advices learnt from the interviews is “ Develop a habit of listening to other people and taking their concerns and questions seriously” This piece of advice is essential in any form of communication; seek to understand the other before speaking.
0 comments:
Post a Comment