Sometimes it seems like everyone is so ready to point out mistakes and put us in our place. Leaders tell us how we are not looking at this or that perspective or dabble in our work and undermine our own efforts. Co-workers tell us our questions are not useful or mask our inquiry with their… Read More
Embrace the Mistakes
My wife has been working with our daughter on the importance of going through the grading of her homework when the teachers give it back. Of course, our daughter doesn’t like it when she’s wrong. Most people don’t. She take’s it personally and gets down on herself. Being wrong is a misconception and to take… Read More
Learn and Move on
There’s a couple of quotes on refrigerator magnets at home attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson that directly relate to the biz of you: Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new… Read More