‘Perfection’ is an impossible attainment. Some think the journey toward it raises the bar
in a way that accepting average never could.
Others scowl at perfection with disdain.
I think we can all agree on one thing, mistakes help us learn. 
Sometimes it takes a new messenger, with a uniquely crafted lesson, to help us listen - even when we have heard it a thousand time before.
A detailed directive toward success can be less impactful
that a personal experience of failure, lessons learned and a new approach toward
better results. As a child, I was taught to try, and if the task went wrong, put
the lessons learned into improving the results for the next attempt. That teaching
carried over to my career, where I followed the mantra, “better to make a
mistake, and learn than do nothing at all”.
My Dad used to say, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” – which always
reminded me that success would never be possible without taking a risk.
In the last few years there has been a lot of talk about a Maya
Angelou quote; “when we know better we do better”. The first time I heard it, the statement felt
like permission to let go any past guilt of wrong paths taken. I soon realised, it was not a new message for
me. It was the same message instilled in
me as a child, the mantra of my career building and yet the message had become
so common in my life it had somehow lost its impact and ability to alter my consciousness. Sometimes it takes a new messenger, with a uniquely crafted lesson, to help us listen - even when we have heard it a thousand time before.
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