Own Your Mistakes

It is the easiest thing in the world to own your successes. When everything is going right, it’s easy to accept responsibility and the praise that goes with it. It is far harder but often far more important to own your mistakes. Why? Because until you own your mistakes, you can’t learn from them.

Consider a typical situation that a writer might confront. They write a book. It sells terribly, and the reviews all consistently criticise the plot of the story as a major weak point. It would be very,...