I keep trying to think of a mistake that was my biggest that would benefit someone else by telling it (theres some best not be repeated
). I make so many it is just hard to choose or prioritize them!
I always figured if I wasn't making any mistakes it either meant I forgot to get out of bed that day or I was not trying to do anything. The biggest hold back in my life has been fear of making mistakes and I have fought that fear constantly, for many years, trying to overcome it.
Had a construction buddy many years ago, while we were talking about employees one day, told me when he seen his guys standing around trying to decide what to do he would always tell them "Well do something. If we mess it up we can fix it, but if we don't do anything we will never get anything accomplished". I'm not saying that is the right attitude for all situations (nuclear facilities come to mind
), but that saying has always stuck with me and sometimes gets me off center when I need to make a decision, and fear the decision might be wrong.
Hey, hey, hey!!!!!! That is it! That has been my biggest mistake! Letting the fear of making it often times cause me to not reach my potential.
