Reframing our mistakes

“More talk, more mistakes. Less talk, less mistakes. No talk, no mistakes.” How many times have you heard people say this? An effective leader is not afraid of making mistakes. Nobody learns by playing it safe. Are you a risk taker?  An intelligent person learns from his or her mistakes.  A wise person learns from his or her own mistakes and at the same time learns from the mistakes of others.

If I failed on something I reframe the experience.  I do not see it as a mistake.  I see it as a lesson.

“Failure is our most important product.” -R.W. Johnson, Jr., former CEO, JOHNSON& JOHNSON