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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