Be afraid of not making mistakes!

Change your way of looking at mistakes. — A brief insight

We are all fools and ignorant to some degree. Accept this as a matter of act.

But we are here to change that fact. If you walk through your life in the impression of knowing everything there is, you won’t move at all.

Moving forwards means discovering and learning something new.

We must be aware that every day is an opportunity to learn. We can’t learn without discovering our ignorance. Only by noticing can we act accordingly and change something.

Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Whatever you are going to do, you can’t hinder errors to occur. Start to be happy making them, by shifting your perspective. A mistake is nothing bad, it is the most powerful feedback you can receive. It shows that you are actually trying.

Pay attention to your mistake instead of preventing or ignoring them. Perceive the feedback and respond by taking action.

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

― Albert Einstein

Learning is a two-edged blade. To learn something new, we have to cut off some perceived knowledge by unlearning what is false. If you surround yourself with the right people, they are happy to help and show you at what point you were wrong.

The willingness to be a fool allows you to grow. It is the key to a growth mindset!

At some point in our life, we were the ultimate fool, not knowing anything, not possessing any skills. If we had stopped committing mistakes at that point, we would not have become a viable human being.

The day at which you stop making mistakes is the one at which you stop moving forward. Be afraid of it.

So go out there and try something new, continue making mistakes and see how you improve after time.

This is the first article of my series called “Brief insight”. Where I’ll share thoughts ideas and things I learned concisely. If you like the concept feel free to check out the other articles as well.