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In our businesses, relationships, families, and personal lives, there is wisdom in recognizing the capacity of people to learn from their mistakes and to change.
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The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn’t whether you will make them, it’s what you will do about them.
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…if you’re not willing to make mistakes, you’re not going to improve.
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Smart leaders create an environment that encourages appropriate risk-taking, an environment that makes it safe to make mistakes.
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The next time you make a mistake, rather than agonizing over it, reframe it as feedback.
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The moment you feel like you have to manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake. – Jim Collins
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Remember, less is always more. Most companies make the mistake of trying to accomplish too many objectives per year.
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…growth for growth’s sake is normally a mistake.
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When we are giving negative feedback, we are asking the direct to behave differently. We’re not punishing the past mistake, because we’ve already forgiven it. Remember that our focus is on the future, not the past.
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We can tolerate directs who make mistakes. We cannot tolerate directs who repeatedly make commitments they don’t keep.
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