Champions keep playing until they get it right.
-Billie Jean King, Wimbledon tennis champ (1943- )
1. How can you develop a scientific mind-set toward mistakes, to see them as “stepping-stones to success” rather then things to avoid or be ashamed of? Think about this question and then write your in your journal.
2. Make a list of three of your “best mistakes” in your journal. What are three things that went wrong, that you regretted doing or not doing, or that didn’t turn out the way you wanted them to?
3. What did you learn from those mistakes? How are you actually better off now because of the valuable lessons you learned?
4. Finish this sentence: “From now on when I make a mistake,
I am going to__________________________.”
5. There is an important rule for this exercise: you must promise yourself that you will not get depressed over your mistakes and wallow in sorrow. Look at your mistakes for clues and insights that will allow you to move forward, not backward.