This is a summary of a part of this insightful blog post on The Systems Thinker: When you make a mistake, you should consider it a learning experience, not a bad thing. Be like a scientist who, when an experiment gives a negative result, doesn’t hang his head in shame. Some experiments give a positive result, and some negative, and it’s all part of the scientific process: you look at the result and learn, furthering your understanding of your field. You should navigate this learning process logically, without considering the mistake to be a bad thing. Imagine it was someone else who made the mistake and you were asked to come in and conduct a
Two Schools of Thought on Dealing with Mistakes
Two Schools of Thought on Dealing with…
Two Schools of Thought on Dealing with Mistakes
This is a summary of a part of this insightful blog post on The Systems Thinker: When you make a mistake, you should consider it a learning experience, not a bad thing. Be like a scientist who, when an experiment gives a negative result, doesn’t hang his head in shame. Some experiments give a positive result, and some negative, and it’s all part of the scientific process: you look at the result and learn, furthering your understanding of your field. You should navigate this learning process logically, without considering the mistake to be a bad thing. Imagine it was someone else who made the mistake and you were asked to come in and conduct a