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After the Oops! Post-Mistake Traps and How to Avoid Them

9 July, 2010 (20:00) | anger, Breath, Breathing, Choice, criticism, emotions, forgiveness | By: Amy Phillips-Gary

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new”- Albert Einstein

No matter how many wise and witty quotes I read about the value– even the necessity– of making mistakes in life, it’s still uncomfortable and sometimes painful for me when they happen.

There have got to be very few people in this world who actually enjoy making mistakes.

Even the most laid-back, easy-going souls among us probably cringe when they say the “wrong” thing, drop a plate full of food on someone’s white carpeting, forget an important deadline or some other blunder among the millions of possible blunders a person could make.