Mostofusfeelbadwhenwemakemistakes；beatourselvesupaboutit；feellikefailures；getmadatourselves.

Andthat’sonlynatural：mostofushavebeentaughtfromayoungagethatmistakesarebad，thatweshouldtrytoavoidmistakes.We’vebeenscoldedwhenwemakemistakes—athome，schoolandwork.Maybenotalways，butprobablyenoughtimestomakefeelingbadaboutmistakesanunconsciousreaction.

Yetwithoutmistakes，wecouldnotlearnorgrow.Ifyouthinkaboutitthatway，mistakesshouldbecherishedandcelebratedforbeingoneofthemostamazingthingsintheworld:theymakelearningpossible;theymakegrowthandimprovementpossible.

Bytrialanderror—tryingthings，makingmistakes，andlearningfromthosemistakes—wehavefiguredouthowtomakeelectriclight，topainttheceilingoftheSistineChapel，tofly.

Mistakesmakewalkingpossibleforthesmallesttoddler，makespeechpossible，makeworksofgeniuspossible.

Thinkabouthowwelearn：wedon’tjustconsumeinformationaboutsomethingandinstantlyknowitorknowhowtodoit.Youdon’tjustreadaboutpainting，orwriting，orcomputerprogramming，orbaking，orplayingthepiano，andknowhowtodothemrightaway.Instead，yougetinformationaboutsomething，fromreadingorfromanotherpersonorfromobservingusually...thenyouconstructamodelinyourmind...thenyoutestitoutbytryingitintherealworld...thenyoumakemistakes...thenyourevisethemodelbasedontheresultsofyourreal­worldexperimentation...andrepeat，makingmistakes，learningfromthosemistakes，untilyou’veprettymuchlearnedhowtodosomething.That’showwelearnasbabiesandtoddlers，andhowwelearnasadults.Mistakesarehowwelearntodosomethingnew—becauseifyousucceedatsomething，it’sprobablysomethingyoualreadyknewhowtodo.Youhaven’treallygrownmuchfromthatsuccess—atmostit’sthelaststeponyourjourney，notthewholejourney.Mostofthejourneywasmadeupofmistakes，ifit’sagoodjourney.

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