Confront your mistakes with courage
Committing mistakes is a part and parcel of life and no matter how lofty a person's position; he would have surely committed errors. In fact, it is often said that a person's success is determined by the number of mistakes he commits, the numerous lessons he learns and how he chooses never to commit the same mistake again. What sets a fighter and a failure apart is the reaction to the mistakes committed. A failure often repents no end over split milk and does not make any efforts to rectify the same. Contrastingly, a fighter is one who accepts his mistakes and goes on to put things together, moving on with a valuable lesson in his fold!
Raman had been summoned by his higher up, for using the forbidden chatting messenger during working hours. In his response, he began to complain and fret about how all his colleagues have been doing the same and he only followed suit. This led to the establishment of strong firewalls at the workplace, resulting in a very strict maintenance of the Internet policy chalked out by the company. Had Raman adopted a different approach, things would not have gone this sour. Here is how you can confront your mistakes, even so with dignity!
Recognise your mistake: Never indulge in adopting a rebellious streak at your workplace and in breaking rules. This can cost you dearly. Try your best to stick to rules. In spite of this, if you have committed a mistake unknowingly, do not panic. The first step towards redeeming your error is to spot it.
Accept your blunder: Once you have spotted your mistake, go on and accept it. Trying to put on a covetous display of your innocence or exposing the mistakes of the others, as a defensive stance will get you nowhere. Accept your mistake and admit the same to your higher up. This shows you in a respectable light.
Try to rectify: Accepting your mistake and admitting the same is equivalent to completing only a quarter of the battle. The rest of it comes from your efforts to rectify your error. Raman could have vouched never to use the chat software again and to stick to the company rules, accompanied by an apology. Next, he could have practised the same and gained his respect back.
Never repeat: The significance of mistakes stems from the fact that it offers us lessons for life. However, when we go against this motive and commit the blunder again, we tend to ignore the positive side of learning from our errors. Try your best to steer clear of the same error and see yourself grow each time you commit a mistake.
Get over it: Once you have put in all your efforts to rectify and redeem yourself of the mistake you have committed and have vowed never to repeat it, please understand that you cannot possibly go back to erase it. Take it in your stride and make a positive affirmation that it has taught you a valuable lesson. Therefore, forget and move on. Brooding over the mistake and feeling upset would not solve the problem, it would only aggravate it. Remember, you have done everything in your power to rectify the mistake, which itself is a commendable step!
Learn to evaluate your mistakes and receive a lesson or two from them. In addition to this, adopt the philosophy that if the mistake would not have been committed, you would have lost an important experience or lesson. With this confidence, take on life with a fresh and at the same time, a more experienced perspective.
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