There are more things to learn in mistakes than not trying at all. For the fact that you made the mistake shows clearly that you have taken an action and that you are not docile. So if you have taken a step and it did not work out, you can grab some lessons from it. When you have understood this, you will look at mistakes differently and you will not be scared to take actions, because you know that you either succeed at it or it teaches you lessons. While others are wrapping their heads in dismay over failed attempts, you can simply learn a couple of lessons from them to make you next attempt better.
How you view what has happened will determine its effect in your life. Instead of seeing the mistakes and errors you have made as a setback for you, it will be better to see them as stepping-stones that can help you to achieve the kind of success that you need. There was a time, many years ago, that I wanted to undertake a particular task. The person that was supposed to put me through was always unavailable. Every attempt I made to get her to show me how to do it would always result in waste of time. In fact, I spent a lot of time waiting for her direction which never came. So a point came that I decided to take things into my hands and try it out to see things for myself.
I got some materials from online and from various sources and decided to try it out. The first attempt was full of mistakes and errors and as such, I did not get the required result. However, one adorable thing that happened was that through the mistakes that I made, I was able to discover a few other things about the task. Then I referred back to the comment section of one of the YouTube videos that I saw the tutorials from and someone commented on the same error that I made and how to prevent it. So I had to quickly relate it to mine and from there, I learnt from that particular mistake. When I tried it again, to my surprise, the result was amazing and it felt so glad. If I had not done it at first, I would not have been able to learn from my mistakes.
When doing something, especially for the first time, do not be scared of making mistakes, rather be scared of not doing anything at all. It is worthy to note that the person that tries and commits errors is far better than the person who never gave any trial. If you are waiting for the time you will start something in a perfect manner, you may wait in vain and in futility. But if you start now without minding failures or mistakes, then you are already on the pathway of learning, which will lead you to success. If you are too mindful of errors, you may never take any step. So do not see mistakes as something that wants to stop you but something that can help you attain success.
One thing to understand fully well is that you do not make mistakes because you are incompetent, but because you are a doer. If you do not make attempts, you will not even know the areas you are good at and where you are not good at. Okay how will you know your strengths and weaknesses if you have not made any attempt at anything? But when you have tried a couple of things, you will know what you can do, your ability and your capability. It is from the feedbacks of your errors that you will be able to know what and where to improve on. So do not feel sad when you make some errors, see them as learning processes of growth.
You will be surprised to know that a lot of the people that have achieved success in various fields of human endeavours all started somewhere, which was not rosy and was even full of errors and whatnot, but they did not lose sight of where they were going to. In fact, what was meant to discourage them was what motivated them to put in extra efforts. Over the years of working on their errors and improving on themselves, they gained mastery in what they were doing. This goes to prove that if you will not lose sight of your dreams, irrespective of how many times you have failed and the mistakes you have made, you will surely achieve your dream.
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Mistakes made lessons learnt and that's how we move from one step to the other.
This was a beautiful read and really educating, a different look at how mistakes can affect us 👏.
Well said. Every mistake exposes one to new lessons.
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By mistakes we learn better, that is for sure. That's why the say goes lean from your mistakes. Truly said we have to make else attempts, else we will never know where we stand. Nice read.
Well said. Mistakes can pass some vital lessons.
Thanks buddy