If anyone’s feeling nervous about using this advice is day-to-day situations (in other words, I won’t even try to tackle BillK’s example of weddings, children, and mortgages), here are 2 positive experiences I’ve had recently.
At work, after spending >1.5 hrs digging into a problem, I called a coworker for help. We spent an additional 20+ minutes digging into it to no avail. Finally, I realized that I had typed the year wrong, repeatedly used the word “oops” and “mistake”, and the call ended shortly thereafter. Now that it’s been a few days, I can confidently say that there were no negative repercussions from that. Instead, I was able to complete the task quickly thereafter.
At home, a family member and I were trying to do something new that we had learned by watching videos and reading written instructions. I skipped about half the steps and after saying that I’d been a fool, we were able to start over and finish after a few minutes. The family member did not say anything negative about my mistake afterwards.
If anyone’s feeling nervous about using this advice is day-to-day situations (in other words, I won’t even try to tackle BillK’s example of weddings, children, and mortgages), here are 2 positive experiences I’ve had recently.
At work, after spending >1.5 hrs digging into a problem, I called a coworker for help. We spent an additional 20+ minutes digging into it to no avail. Finally, I realized that I had typed the year wrong, repeatedly used the word “oops” and “mistake”, and the call ended shortly thereafter. Now that it’s been a few days, I can confidently say that there were no negative repercussions from that. Instead, I was able to complete the task quickly thereafter.
At home, a family member and I were trying to do something new that we had learned by watching videos and reading written instructions. I skipped about half the steps and after saying that I’d been a fool, we were able to start over and finish after a few minutes. The family member did not say anything negative about my mistake afterwards.