We all make
mistakes.
MOST people
don’t learn from
those mistakes,
unfortunately.
They make the same
dumb type of choices
again and again.
And then they wonder
why they continue to
fail.
Learning
from mistakes
is work.
And making great choices
is a learned skill,
a skill that requires
…yes…
WORK
and conscious thought.
When I make a mistake
(and I make a mistake
at least once a day),
I examine
– why it was a mistake
– what the consequences
of that mistake
were and could have been
– what caused me
to make that mistake
– the signs I didn’t detect
that could have prevented
the mistake
– what I should look for
in the future
to avoid making
that mistake.
Did I not gather
enough information?
Did I gather TOO much
information?
Was the information
from faulty sources?
How could I have determined
those sources were faulty?
etc.
The focus is
what I could have done.
If I was fooled
by someone,
how could I have
detected
I was being fooled?
Examine your bad choices.
Then put steps in place
to ensure
you make better choices
in the future.