Many people tend to give reasons or excuses to justify their mistakes and by doing that, they will not learn from the mistakes and they are bound to repeat it over and again. As humans, we should understand that mistakes may be inevitable because we are not perfect. Trying to fake perfection is one of the major undoings on many people and it makes them to be limited in their taking steps.
When you have the perfectionism mentality, you may live your life waiting for the perfect time to take a step or for the perfect step. Many people are so scared of making mistakes at their first trial and this will limit them from taking any step at all. It is worthy to note that taking steps and making mistakes is far better and more preferable than staying without taking steps and waiting for perfection. The truth is, perfection is not a destination but a conscious effort to be better by trying out new things.
If you take a step and make mistakes, you are already far better than someone that has not taken the step at all. This is because, when you will be taking the step again, you would have already gotten more knowledge from the past mistake and you will not be trying with zero knowledge. However, if that step is your alien step, you may not have enough knowledge about it.
Whenever you want to try out new things, you should first remove failure mentality from you. Remember that making mistakes does not equal to outright failure. It only becomes a failure when you have not learnt anything from it and when you have refused to try again. As long as you keep trying, then nobody will conclude you as being a failure. In view of this, when attempting to do something or when taking a risk, know that only two options exist: Succeeding at it or learning from it. This means that the option of failure should be totally nonexistent.
In more cases than none, mistake is only a pathway to excellence and to success. Success can be masked as mistakes but it depends on how you respond to the mistake. Success is not a function of the absence of mistakes but how you have responded to the mistakes. How you respond to the mistakes after you have tried will determine if you are enroute to success or to failure.
Your response to mistakes is much more important than the actual mistake itself: Do you accept them and move to improve on yourself and get better, or do you give excuses for them? As long as you are willing to take risks, then you should not be scared of making mistakes, you only need to leverage on them to be better, and as such, making them your allies. On the other hand, if you refuse to take risks, then the main risk will be birthed. This is because life itself revolves around risks. It is better to take a risk and stand the risk of making mistakes than to avoid the risk and face a much bigger risk. Make your choice.
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