The Problem with Making Mistakes

There’s essentially nothing wrong with making a mistake, experts tell us. Everyone makes mistakes. Mistakes are good learning experiences when you have aspirations for independence.

Mistakes are not good, however, when you have the bull by the horn and give up just when things are going your way.

You have the future in your hands, but you hesitate to take the next step. You let go and step backwards because you are not sure. You are not sure because you have easier, less risky comfort zones on which to fall back. You start consulting those far below your own levels of ambition and achievement. You are weighing the consequences. Mistake, mistake, mistake. You are telling those around you that there’s a point at which you prefer to retreat. They will use it.

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