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Ooops!
I should have sent this out last week. In amongst the stay at home orders, school holidays, the marking I was doing, etc, I didn't get the useletter out. I forgot! My bad! So this week, reader, I'm going to write about learning from our mistakes.
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Before I get into that, I'm curious if you've made some better decisions over the last few weeks. Did the last useletter on sunk costs help?
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Do you find it hard to recover from making a mistake reader, or perhaps you sometimes find yourself repeating your mistakes? This week I'm sending you some ideas to help you to learn from your mistakes.
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learning from your mistakes
Mistakes happen. They can be embarrassing and/or costly. They're also an opportunity to learn. Here's five ways to learn from your mistakes.
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Acknowledge your mistake.
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Stick your hand up, acknowledging you stuffed up. Don't hide from your mistake. This contributes to building trust in a team. By setting an example and modelling what you do when you've made a mistake it also shows others that it's OK to admit mistakes. This assists in picking up mistakes faster and encourages others not to hide their own - which may make things worse in the longer term. Ultimately you need to acknowledge your mistake in order to learn. By admitting you stuffed up it also shows you're ready to embrace change.
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Get curious and ask questions.
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How might I do better next time?
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It's worthwhile writing this down. It can stop you from hiding and builds learning.
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OK you made a mistake. How can you stop yourself from doing so next time? Make a plan to assist you in avoiding the same mistake next time. Think through the detail. Be flexible. Write it down if necessary. Find an accountability partner if that helps.
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Find ways to make mistakes harder.
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For all out planning we can still make mistakes. What can you put in place to make it harder for the mistake to happen? This might be in the form of systems or hurdles. Whatever works.
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Consider the consequences of making the mistake again.
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Write it down. This assists in reinforcing your thinking and helps develop discipline.
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A final tip is to not beat yourself up over any mistakes. If you reframe your mistake as a way to learn you build resilience and knowledge. Helping you in developing a "growth mindset" which I think might be a good topic for next time.
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recent useful blog posts...
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It might be time for the architecture profession’s leaders to starting learning form the ground up.
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There’s two main ways to stand out. Be different. or Be better. Copying is the route to unexceptional.
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Or…
do architects do too many of the wrong things?
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"A great nation is like a great man:
When he makes a mistake, he realises it.
Having realised it, he admits it.
Having admitted it, he corrects it.
He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers.
He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts."
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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At unmeasured I help architects reframe and find joy in their practice.
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Working with you to better practise in your practice and get better at what you do.
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If you need help, or you're just interested in a chat, please drop me a line.
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