Be Confident in Your Mistakes
This was another article that I had originally written a few weeks ago that I am now re-writing.
In the original introduction I talked a bit about my writing process and how since starting this site I have made a lot of mistakes.
Sometimes it may be a small grammar or punctuation error, other times it will be something that I said that wasn’t phrased smoothly.
Regardless, it’s not something that I really worry about.
In fact, those small imperfections are what makes my site what it is, and that was honestly how I wanted it to be.
It’s a big part of why I didn’t rely on AI at all when I first started. I wanted to keep my writing as raw and human as possible.
Embracing Imperfection
When you try overly hard to avoid imperfection you limit the amount of action that you take, and that’s something that I’ve witnessed firsthand.
You also end up spending more time than necessary on details that have way less of an impact than you’re really making them out to be.
When you just let things flow raw and organically you tend to feel more confident in your work.
It also makes the creative process a lot more enjoyable.
Blessings in Disguise
I listened to a podcast recently where a guy talked about how some of his biggest mistakes ended up being some of the best things that ever happened to him.
He was an alcoholic who got into legal trouble after a bar fight he got into while intoxicated. This was the motivating factor to him cleaning his life up, and today he is actually the owner of a non-alcoholic beer company.
I’m also reading a book about a woman who was $77,000 in debt who ended up turning things around after what she refers to as a “slap in the face moment.”
She was in the drive thru and had to use her credit card for a $1.09 ice cream cone from McDonalds for her son.
Today she runs an online business geared toward helping people budget according, pay off debt, and make better financial decisions.
Learning From Mistakes
You hear a lot of successful people say things like “learn from your losses and you will never lose” or “it ain’t a mistake if you learned a lesson.”
On a personal level I have found this to be true.
In fact, I probably wouldn’t be writing for this site if it wasn’t for me learning from past situations and being willing to make a change.
Part of the reason why I love hip hop music is because this sort of wisdom is something that is very common.
Rappers talk about things that they did early on to get by, what they learned from those experiences, and how they were able to help put themselves in a better place.
When you look at all these things, you realize that mistakes and imperfections are something that you can potentially gain from and be confident in.
