JustMOMsensations

‘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.   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 ...