Lessons Learned Don’t Have to Be Seen As Mistakes
Last week, I was giving
myself a good talking to because I kept finding mistakes with a project I was
working on. Once I realized the negative self-talk that was happening in my
head, I stopped and talked to myself. Now
before you think I’m crazy, think for minute about how you self-correct.
You do self-correct, right?
So, let’s get back
to the mistakes… No one likes to make them; however, they are part of what
makes us human, and often we learn more from mistakes than we do from anything
else.
I reminded myself
that I was learning something new (about the topic and myself) and what was
important was the lessons that I was
learning. There was nothing wrong with making mistakes. What the
Universe was also showing me, was that I consider myself a lifelong learner. How
can you be a true learner, without making mistakes.
Here’s what I was saying to myself: I was so ready to beat
myself up and throw in the towel! What was wrong with me? Why was I making so many
mistakes?
I thought about these
negative messages and wondered if my peers (that are women) talk the same way
to themselves? And, do my peers that are men talk to themselves the way we
women do when they make mistakes?
I also had to tell
myself that I learned more that day from that series of mistakes than I learned
when I do things in what I consider an organized way.
The other question that I thought about on that day, is how many of us, self-correct the negative thoughts we have before we talk to our children and/or the people that work for us?
Lessons learned
don’t have to be seen as mistakes…
They are just lessons learned…
Click
Here to become a part of my parenting community.
C.
Lynn Williams, #MsParentguru
Family
Dynamics Strategist, Author & Speaker
