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Why Mistakes Are Great For Personal Growth
“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.” (John C. Maxwell)
Could it be possible that mistakes are actually a great thing? This is my very argument.
Mistakes are great, and in my opinion, they should be embraced rather than shunned.
Why are mistakes great?
Mistakes are great, in my opinion, because they eventually lead to success.
Success in any domain is simply a result of making a large amount of tiny mistakes over time.
Our culture seems to view mistakes in a negative lens because the cultural operating system thinks that mistakes make us look stupid, inadequate, not worthy, clumsy, so on and so forth. This type of operating system holds back the majority of people from living the life that they want to live.
Mistakes are great for the following reason:
Mistakes = Learning Lessons
Mistakes are a great tool to take advantage of when it comes to telling us what works and what doesn’t work more importantly.
When we make a mistake, we are immediately given feedback on what doesn’t work and to the open mind, this is a gold mine of wisdom. There are very few situations where…
