Fear of making mistakes paralyzes you when stakes are high. Instead, reflect on what went wrong, identify concrete fixes, and find mentors whose judgment you trust to help you improve faster.
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You are going to make mistakes. If you're doing anything that is high stakes, you are going to mess up, and there is going to be a point where your judgment fails you. You don't have enough information, other people get in the way, you get frustrated and mishandle something. It's going to happen. The question is, are you going to be so risk-averse and afraid of making an error that it's going to paralyze you and keep from acting when The situation calls for it, or whether you are going to say, What can I learn from this experience? How can I do better? What steps can I take to make sure that in the future this does not happen? What people I'm going to surround myself with, whose judgment I respect, who I can consult with before doing something, and who can inspire me, and whose example I can emulate, or whose mistakes I may try to avoid? You're never going to get that perfect answer.