Mistakes/Failures


Mistakes and failures are learning experiences and are normal, ie to be expected.
Successful people talk about their mistakes and their learnings from them
"...Barack Obama acknowledged many poor policy decisions during his presidency. Sheryl Sandberg has been open up about Facebook shortcomings like fake news and election interference. Bill Gates admitted mistakes during the growth of Microsoft. Richard Branson constantly talks about mistakes throughout his career and is open about being dyslexic. Denzel Washington talks about the battle with alcohol and personal failures..."
Georgia Murch, 2024
We all have flaws and make mistakes; need to develop a way of capturing them, especially the learnings from them.
For yhis to happen need to have trust and be prepared to be vulnerable, ie expose yourself.
Furthermore, we need to be able to handle conflict, ie not take it personally.
Need to be aware of your
"...'conflict avatar'. which is how we responded to tension and conflict. So now we have more empathy of how we react. We can also now see the specific times when it was challenging for each other. It helps us see the other person self-awareness and openness. That's like superglue for relationship building. It makes failing normal......we celebrate the learnings from it..."
Georgia Murch, 2024
Summary
Need to set up a system to build trust; to admit your failings and make learnings from them normal.

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