Are You Afraid of Making Mistakes?

Are you always scared of making mistakes? The fear of making mistakes is coming from the way they were treated when they made a mistake. I remember I was about six years of age, my dad was doing his bills, and I remember sitting down and asking him what he was doing. So he showed me that. He takes the electric bill and he writes out a check, and he says, now take the check and take the bill, put it in the envelope, seal up the envelope, put a stamp on it. And now will you do me a big favor? Run this down to the mailbox and put in the mailbox for you. So I remember feeling all excited. I'm helping my dad. I ran down full speed to the mailbox, put it in the mailbox, came running back looking for my next assignment. But my dad wasn't sitting at the desk, But I saw all the other bills and envelopes. So I just started randomly just stuffing these pieces of paper into envelopes, sealing them up, putting stamps on them. And I ran down to the post office and shoved them in the mailbox. And when I get back, my dad's there, and he says, where are all the bills? Where are the envelopes? Happily, I'm smiling. I said, oh, I mailed them for you. And. And instead of yelling and getting mad, he just laughed. And he said, I don't think I explained this very well. And that was his response to it. Now, think about yourself. How would your parent have handled that? How would you handle that as a parent? The way my dad handled it was perfect. That's the way it should be handled. So when I grew up, I wasn't afraid to make mistakes. I didn't like making them, but at least I wasn't afraid. I knew mistakes were a part of life. But if you've had those experiences, you may be afraid to make those mistakes.