Sunday Story…Oops

We all make mistakes. It is part of the human condition. Actually we don’t make enough NEW mistakes. A new mistake arises from trying new things, having original thoughts, daring to search for something better.

We need to stop making the same old mistakes over and over and over. It is insanity, after all. What is it about us humans that has us think that this time is going to be different? This time the thing is going to work even though it hasn’t worked the last 10 times we did it. Really? Why is that?

Doing something new is frightening. I get it. But is it so much more frightening than making the same mistake over and over and getting the same result? Are you so paralyzed by fear that you can’t get out of your comfort zone long enough to do something that might actually work? Choice A is something you know will fail. Choice B is something that might fail or might work. Looks like a 50/50 proposition to me.

As a fall back you can always go back and do the crazy thing…the thing you keep doing to no success.

Step up. Try something new. Be willing to fail. Be willing to learn from your mistakes. It is where wisdom lives.

John Mariotti
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