Be Careful While Making Mistakes and Learn from them

That mistakes are not bad or negative on its own is an excuse to fall peril of making one all the time; and then justify your mistakes. So when you make a mistake it’s important that you don’t fall into the trap of trying to justify your mistake. Mistakes should be embraced not justified or rationalized. Until you take ownership of your mistakes, you'll never truly learn the lessons you ought master to help you  move forward in life.

It is dangerous; very dangerous to ignore any mistakes you make. Your mistakes are like sign-posts that help direct and navigate you in the right direction. When you ignore these sign-posts, you're no doubt going to risk getting side-tracked. Hence, the longer it takes you to realize this, the more effort  you'll eventually invest to get yourself back on the right track in the future.

On the surface mistakes don’t feel good; but beyond the surface lays values. Maybe growing up, you were taught that mistakes were bad. Then as an adult you must never indulge in self-pity or be feeling regretful that you made a mistake. Such behavior and attitude is never helpful, and will only hurt your growth and development in the long-term. Thus, when you make a mistake, it’s critical that you refrain from blaming others or yourself for the mistake. All you need do is to just take responsibility for it. Do something about it, learn from it, and move on.

Furthermore, realize that you'll be absolutely wasting your time if you start complaining about your mistake or making excuses for it. That is defensive-minded behavior. Though is natural for most people; it should not be natural for you. So quit complaining or making excuses. Rather, gain yourself feedback about the mistake and make observations that will help you learn from the experience to improve your decisions and actions in the future. Don't make a mistake without learning from it.

Mistakes should immediately indicate to you that something went wrong. As a result you ought be ready and prepared to deal with the situation. Most importantly you ought be ready to learn from the situation in order to improve your choices, decisions and actions in the future. Follow the four step process below, to thoroughly learn from the mistakes you make:

• Shift your perspective
• Explore what went wrong
• Develop plan of action
• Identify skills and resources

Beautiful morning to you. #DubemickyInspiringGreatnessDaily. Do have yourself a great day this Wednesday.