Mistakes

I hate to be repetitive about this but it is important.

Learn to forgive yourself for your missteps and mistakes.   This is such an important thing to be able to do.  Sometimes you are just to close to them to have any real perspective.  They feel larger than they really are.  Driven people tend to be hard on themselves. 

It is certainly ok to take a critical look at where you missed.  Let that critical look be brief and move on.  If you wallow in it, a needed lesson can be lost. 

All of those missteps and mistakes are an integral part of your education.   There are things that you need to learn that you cannot glean from a book or another person.  You simply have to do it.

Wallowing in these mistakes is never a great idea.  Old school rule applies here.  Admit it, give it a brief critical look and go back and do it differently to get the result that you desire.

This skill is one that you will use all of your adult life.  My last shift at the FD, I made a mistake.  Man that killed me because it was a very simple thing.   These things are also a integral part of my education.

Think about it in these terms.  You step on a giant turd.  Does it benefit you (or anyone else) for you to carry it around?  Show it to people?   Or wear it around your neck?   Stepping in dog shit does not make you dog shit.  Just be more careful where you step.

Love Dad