Everyone will make mistakes during their lives, and this is not a bad thing. Mistakes can teach you lessons and help you to grow as a person, but if you don't learn from your mistakes may continue to make them without realizing.
When we make mistakes, it can be hard to admit them because doing so feels like an attack on our self-worth. This tendency poses a huge problem because new research proves something that common-sense has told us for a very long timefully acknowledging and embracing errors is the only way to avoid repeating them.
"It's not a mistake to make a mistake but it is a mistake to repeat the mistake."
Smart people are by no means immune to making mistakes; they simply have the tools in place to learn from their errors.
Everybody makes mistakes that's a given but not everyone learns from them. Some people make the same mistakes over and over again, fail to make any real progress and can't figure out why.
"The greatest mistake a man can ever make is to be afraid of making one."
Some mistakes are so tempting that we all make them at one point or another. Smart people learn from these mistakes and never make them twice.
Believing In Someone Or Something That’s Too Good To Be True
Some people are so charismatic and so confident that it can be tempting to follow anything they say. They speak endlessly of how successful their businesses are, how well liked they are, who they know, and how many opportunities they can offer you.
While it’s, of course, true that some people really are successful and really want to help you, smart people only need to be tricked once before they start to think twice about a deal that sounds too good to be true. The results of naivety and a lack of due diligence can be catastrophic. Smart people ask serious questions before getting involved because they realize that no one, themselves included, are as good as they look.
Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result
Albert Einstein famously said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Intelligent people understand that is a method doesn’t work the next step is to find a new method that might. Repeatedly doing the same thing will frustrate and annoy you but it won’t move you forward.
The fact is simple: if you keep the same approach, you’ll keep getting the same results, no matter how much you hope for the opposite. Smart people know that if they want a different result, they need to change their approach, even when it’s painful to do so.
Failing To Delay Gratification
In a modern world people tend to live fast which in turn can lead to difficulties in business. Smart people know that gratification doesn’t come quickly and hard work comes long before the reward. They also know how to use this as motivation through every step of the arduous process that amounts to success because they’ve felt the pain and disappointment that come with selling themselves short.
Operating Without A Budget
You can’t experience financial freedom until you operate under the constraint of a budget. Sticking to a budget, personally and professionally, forces us to make thoughtful choices about what we want and need. Smart people only have to face that insurmountable pile of bills once before getting their act together, starting with a thorough reckoning as to where their money is going. They realize that once you understand how much you’re spending and what you’re spending it on, the right choices become clear.
Smart people know that making and sticking to a strict budget means never having to pass up an opportunity because they’ve blown their precious capital on discretionary expenditures. Budgets establish discipline, and discipline is the foundation of quality work.
Lose Your Understanding Of The Big Picture
It is easy to dig into the papers, work tirelessly and lose the general picture of what is happening. Smart people learn to keep everything under firm control: set daily goals by eliminating false motives.
Do not act rashly with small tasks, on the contrary structure them so cohesively that you can gradually reach your goal.
Not Doing Your Homework
There’s no substitute for hard work and due diligence.
Shortcuts don’t work. You must pay the price, do the grunt work, and get in the trenches, in order to get the desired result. Do the research. Put in the hours. Work. Don’t rely on luck to get you through life.
Smart people know that if they don’t do their homework, they’ll never learn anything, and that’s a surefire way to bring your career to a screeching halt.
Regards © Ahmad