Here is an insight from my blog that I hope will help everyone reading it.
I keep this article on me at all times.
Goals:
I am human.
All humans make mistakes.
I make mistakes therefore I am human.
1. Cognitive lie: I fear making mistakes because I see everything in absolutist, perfectionist terms--one mistake and the whole is ruined.
Cognitive Truth: This is erroneous. A small mistake certainly doesn't ruin an otherwise fine whole. It's good to make mistakes because then we learn in fact, we won't learn unless we make mistakes. No one can avoid making mistakes-and since it's going to happen in any case, we may as well accept it and learn from it.Recognizing our mistakes helps us to adjust our behavior so that we can get results we're more pleased with-so we might say that mistakes ultimately operate to make us happier and make things better. If we fear making mistakes, we become paralyzed we're afraid to do or try anything, since we might (infact, probably will) make some mistakes. If we restrict our activities so that we won't make mistakes, then we are really defeating ourselves. The more we try and the more mistakes we make, the faster we'll learn and the happier we'll be ultimately. Most people aren't going to be mad at us or dislike us because we make mistakes-they all make mistakes, and most people feel uncomfortable around perfect people.
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