Daily Good News


July 27, 2010

"Freedom isn't worth having if it doesn't include the freedom to make mistakes." --Mahatma Gandhi

The Miracle of Mistakes:
Do you remember the first time you rode a bicycle? Can you relieve the exhilaration of riding free, the sense of triumph as you broke free to the crutches of support? Now step back. How many times did you fall off the bike before that first ride? Today, fear of making mistakes is deeply ingrained in our psyche. At home, mistakes lead to admonishments. At work, mistakes have serious repercussions. Good workers get it right the first time, we are told, and so success is driven by our image as experts rather than as learners. But is this really the best philosophy? Vineet Nayar asks us to imagine the opposite: What if employees are told to make mistakes? Making mistakes, Navar says, is actually an art. It's a process of innovation, growth and learning. Without mistakes, there is no such thing as success. [more]

Be The Change:
Don't hold back: When faced with a problem today, keep solving it until you make five mistakes. What did you learn?


rate:   | email this | print | share



Previous Reflections:

On Jul 27, 2010 Kavita writes:

The mystery of life --- So many questions, so many answers, so many doubts, so many people, so much love and yet everything is invisble and vague. Indeed we are blinded by the abundance of everything around us.

On Jul 28, 2010 U.N.PANDA writes:

If no one loves you it's very difficult to live, but when you don't love yourself it's not possible live.

On Jul 28, 2010 lisa writes:

As I get older, its harder to accept the possibility of making the wrong decision, creating fear, which in itself creates imobility. Time to be reminded mistakes are growth and learning experiences.

On Jul 28, 2010 ganoba writes:

Experimentation is not the same as making mistakes or permission to make mistakes.

Before experimentation begins there is a pressing idea of a possibility. Thiss does allow one to either set it aside or just to discuss it. It initiates action.

This action is accompanied by keen observation; of the action itself and all the consequences, internal and external, material and spiritual that happen to take place. All this is meticulously noted, mentally and on paper. Finally it is shared with others who are also into experimentation.

Thiis last part, sharing makes the learning a self perpetuating spiral.

On Aug 1, 2010 Aruna writes:

Fantastic....The very thought that you are allowed the mistakes you make gives you unbridled sense of freedom! freedom to try, .to start afresh, to take on something new!!

On Aug 1, 2010 Ann writes:

We struggle with mistakes we have made, which is normal. However, the consequences of our mistakes are something we need to take very seriously depending upon the magnitude of what happens. The largest mistakes we can make is in with relationships. Somtimes those mistakes are made unwittingly and we are left alone. Alone.

On Aug 8, 2010 alia khan writes:

every wall is a doll........

 
Add Reflection:

Name: Email:
Comment:

Verify Code:

captcha : 




DailyGood: an inspiring quote, a related good-news story, and a simple action -- delivered to your inbox at no charge, every day. Just a ripple a day, simply to spread the good.


Subscribe

Unsubscribe?
Enter your email:

Search Archives


View By Category >>

Related DailyGoods

Jun 17: The Benefits of Single-Tasking (6449 reads, 3 cmts)
Mar 25: Happiness At Work (5480 reads, 6 cmts)
Aug 2: The Art of Effective Apology (4846 reads, 1 cmts)
Aug 19: Live Life as an Experiment (3481 reads, 6 cmts)
Mar 4: CEO Gifts His Company To Employees (3004 reads, 2 cmts)

Make someone smile.
HelpOthers.org



Suggest A Story >>




Home | About Us | Contact Us | © Copyleft 2010