36 Benefits Of Making Mistakes
I believe most of us have heard this great quote from Albert Einstein that "a person who never made a mistake never tried anything new"
Before I proceed, I will like to ask you this question;
Do you like making mistakes?
I certainly don't.
What prompt me to write this blog post was the reactions I got from people in my previous blog post which I
titled "If You Did Not Make A Mistake, How Then Will You Be Successful". When I shared it on WhatsApp and some Facebook pages and groups, I got many comments where people are lamenting that it is not proper to made a mistake.
I know that making a mistake is not the best thing in life but the truth must be said here, Making Mistake Is Inevitable. Life wouldn't have being a better one without mistake. There are some benefits of making Mistakes.
Like I said in my previous post, I don't think man would have been a successful person in life without mistake. Am not saying that you should stick in making the same mistakes everytime.
Though, some people see making mistakes as aberration. They see making mistakes as a menace. But let me share this Pearl Word with you here today; "Don't Fear Mistakes"
According to what I said above, there are some benefits of Making a Mistake. Making a mistake can only be beneficial if we can learn from it. It can only benefit us if we take correction by not repeating same type of mistake. Don't see mistake as a menace. Accept the mistake that you made and learn from it. There are so many life mistakes
We have a history of handling mistakes and failure in an unpleasant way. Since each of us carries our human history with us, it can be a challenge to overcome the fear of making mistakes.
If we can embrace the reality of mistakes, we can free ourselves to be more creative in our lives and dig up some interesting insights.
The world, however, is not so obliging. Like it or not, the world, and everything in it, is constantly changing. Change is more constant and pervasive than we can see with our own eyes which is why we often miss it. Our bodies are constantly changing. The natural conditions of the earth change constantly as well. Everything in the world have its Life Cycle.
It is better to continually bend into this reality rather than fight every change we experience. Fighting it can cause us to make more mistakes. Finding the benefits in change can be useful and help us minimize unnecessary mistakes.
Life has so many uncertainties and variables that mistakes are inevitable. Based on my so far life experience and the research that I carried on, there are so many things we can learn from Mistakes.
Listed below are ways to harness the mistakes you make for your benefit.
1. Remind us how we are like others
2. Make us more humble
3. Help us rectify injustices in our lives
4. Show us where to create more balance in our lives
5. Tell us when the time to move on has occurred
6. Reveal where our passion is and where it is not
7. Expose our true feelings
8. Bring out problems in a relationship
9. Can be a red flag for our misjudgments
10. Point us in a more creative direction
11. Show us when we are not listening
12. Wake us up to our authentic selves
13. Can create distance with someone else
14. Slow us down when we need to
15. Can hasten change
16. Reveal our blind spots
17. Are the invisible made visible
18. Point us to something we did not know
19. Deepen our knowledge
20. Tell us something about our skill levels
21. Help us see what matters and what does not
22. Inform us more about our values
23. Teach us more about others
24. Let us recognize changing circumstances
25. Show us when someone else has changed
26. Keep us connected to what works and what doesn’t work
27. Remind us of our humanity
28. Spur us to want to better work which helps us all
29. Promote compassion for ourselves and others
30. Teach us to value forgiveness
31. Invite us to better choices
32. Can teach us how to experiment
33. Can reveal an new insight
34. Can suggest new options we had not considered
35. Can serve as a warning
36. Show us hidden fault lines in our lives which can lead us to more productive arrangements
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