Effective learning through mistakes in order to move forward

Recently after having a conversation with one of my friends it made me realized how much time we spend beating ourselves up when we make mistakes instead of learning from them and moving forward. We dwell in the continuity of negative emotions which prevents us from accomplishing anything good in the present and even less in our futures. Sure, we will feel disappointed when things do not necessarily go our way but we must also understand what good does it do us to prolong the poor me’s and why me’s attitude which can only cause us to give up on something that can turn out twice as better from the learning experience a mistake or error teaches us.

When many fail at something they tend to quickly view themselves as failures instead of a person who will undoubtedly err once in a while because frankly it is human nature. Many of these people will not even continue to pursue their goal because they have fear that they might fail again and that is just too much to bear.

It is impossible not to make mistakes. I repeat it is impossible not to make mistakes. And thank goodness for that. For if people never made them we would not have some of the most incredible things that we have in this world today.

Take for example Thomas Edison; here was a man who made plenty of mistakes, dabbled into a few ideas that never took off. But, thankfully he did not get discouraged for he became responsible for the complete system of generation and distribution of electricity here in NYC back in 1879.

Best selling author John Grisham a man who endured constant rejection letters from several agents and over thirty publishers, today he has books that have been read and continue to do so all over the world, including myself. Imagine if he would have tossed his type writer or pc?

Those of course are just a couple of examples but, trust me the list can go on and on. These particular people continued to trudge the road of failure with an incredible zeal to reach the road to success that would be attained none the less.

You learn how to do things right when you make errors, it gives you an opportunity go head on with a new knowledge, new information that you would not have acquired if you became discouraged and many times you may even make a few new discoveries that can be essential to your successful outcome,the possibilities are limitless.

Sometimes they are like wonderful gifts wrapped in rough and unattractive paper. Another important factor in attaining the best that you deserve is to stop the practice of denial just to save your ego from becoming bruised. Some people actually ignore the mistake or failure altogether. In their mind, if they ignore it and never acknowledge it then it never happened. This is a big no no, because with that behavior, success and good things will also never happen.

Now if you are too tired, too upset, to continue making these mistakes and have decided to throw your hands in the air and quit, then there are always others who will come along and make them for you, learn from them and excel beyond imagination. You, well you can lay back relax because you are so tired from trying and watch them live the life you always dreamed of. Doesn’t sound so good, huh? I did not think so. Than there is only one alternative, GO FOR IT! Accept any minor set backs, examine them, learn from them and be amazed.