Well, let’s just
talk about mistakes for a sec.
I’ve always tried to
live with the conviction that a mistake is a temporary wrong thing….as long as
you catch it and fix it. Nothing to get really worried about. Nothing to start
a fight about. Often, it’s not really a performance issue in the workplace.
Confucius said much
the same thing:
“If you make a mistake and do
not correct it, this is a mistake.”
It may seem that
this is rather circular and, perhaps, imperiously silly. Still, I think the old
teacher was peeling away the layers of the mistake onion—a false step, if
corrected, loses its meaning and its impact.
Anybody who never
makes a mistake won’t have any idea what I’m talking about.
Here’s another
thought, from The Little Corporal:
“Never interrupt your enemy
when he is making a mistake.”
Mistakes may indeed
be tactical or even strategic—if someone else is making them.
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