Post Written By Eugene Morgan “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ― George Bernard Shaw If we make mistakes, then, at least, we have some stories to tell the next generation. We make mistakes for us to learn about ourselves. We won’t know […]
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First Be Gentle
‘ Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others.”— Lama Yeshe We ought to allow room for us to make mistakes and gently correct them. Self-criticism is just another form of self-blame. Blaming doesn’t support growth. So it is better to encourage growth than to […]
Slow and Steady
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When we rush things, it is inevitable that we are going to miss something, forget something and make unnecessary mistakes. But if we take our time at the beginning, we will notice things ahead of time and won’t easily forget and only make fewer mistakes. When we pace ourselves we […]
Past Mistakes
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.”— Unknown It is easier to see what mistakes we have made than to see what good things we have made. Just as the quotes states that we don’t have to be define by our mistakes but to learn from them. We’re […]
No Failures…Just Experiences
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “There are no failures. Just experiences and your reactions to them.”—Tom Krause Failures are just our expectations not being met. When our standards are too high, it is inevitable we will fail to meet them. It is like a self-fulfilling prophecy. But, if we could lower our standards, then it […]
Start Making Mistakes
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Sometimes we are afraid to do something new because we’re afraid that we might make a mistake. But this is how we learn is by making mistakes. So it is all right to make mistakes. We don’t have to be perfect at our first attempt or even at our 20th […]
Life Is Our Teacher
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The mistakes we’ve made are opportunities for us to learn something about ourselves. Life is full of lessons to be learned. If we haven’t learned our lessons, then we will repeat the same mistakes until the lessons are learned. Lessons aren’t meant for punishment but for enlightenment about ourselves. Learning […]
Two Mistakes
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way and not starting.” ~ Buddha Starting a project is one of the most difficult decision to make because we don’t know what we’re getting ourselves into. But we will never know what […]
Trying Anything New
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein How can we learn, if we never make a mistake? Fear of making a mistake can stop us from trying anything new. Mistakes are only feedback to help us learn to do the new thing better each […]
Accepting Mistakes
Pos Written By Eugene Morgan If we want to grow, we must learn to accept our mistakes. Accepting our mistakes means to leave them in the past. Mistakes are made so we can learn from them and move on. If we’re going over and over in our heads about a mistake we’ve made, then we […]
Don’t Give Up
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Why do some of us give up on things before we even get started? Belief controls our behaviors. If we have the belief that we can’t do it, then our body will follow and demonstrate that in our behaviors. This belief can take on different forms such as avoidance , […]
Mistakes Are Okay To Make
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When we want to learn something new, it is all right to make mistakes. We can learn a lot from our mistakes. Mistakes can reveal something about us. Mistakes are our attempts to control how we do things, than to let things happen. Mistakes are made too when we’re trying […]
We all have different Speeds
Written by Eugene Morgan “Slow and steady wins the race.” We have different speeds. Some of us are faster than others. Some of us are slower than others. It depends on our speed. We ought not to rush things. Instead, slow and steady is enough at least for learning. Some things need speed. Some things […]
Mistakes convert into a Wealth of Learning
Written by Eugene Morgan “There’s a wealth of learning you get from making mistakes.” Milton Erickson We have to risk doing something to make a mistake. It’s okay to make mistakes as long as we can learn something from them. Learning something from a mistake means making adjustments to the situation. If we continuing to […]