{"id":914,"date":"2017-08-09T08:44:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.harveker.com\/?p=914"},"modified":"2017-08-09T08:44:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:44:19","slug":"learn-from-mistakes-embrace-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harveker.com\/blog\/learn-from-mistakes-embrace-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Learning from Mistakes and Embracing Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} span.s1 {letter-spacing: 0.0px} --><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a long road to success if you don&#8217;t know how to learn from mistakes and embrace uncertainty. No one&#8217;s path is straight. Everyone zigzags their way as they learn how to get what they want and become the person they want to be.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Learn From Mistakes and Embrace Uncertainty in Life<\/h2>\n<p>Uncertainty is something most people avoid like the plague. There\u2019s nothing like comfort in knowing we have a place to lay our heads every night, knowing we have things to do, we have food to eat, and we have the materials for the basics of a decent life.<\/p>\n<p>If we\u2019re honest, we know that we also need a little mystery, surprise, and uncertainty. There\u2019s a thrill to that. The thing is, sometimes it comes in forms that we weren\u2019t expecting. Then, instead of embracing uncertainty, we fight against it. <em>\u2018This isn\u2019t what I was expecting! This isn\u2019t the way things are supposed to be!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Why We Should Embrace Uncertainty Every Day<\/h3>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t going with the flow, you can become stuck. The universe may very well have intended for you to roll with the change by having faith in yourself and in life.\u00a0<strong>Remember, there is wisdom in embracing uncertainty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once you understand this, you can also come to realize something about your goals. Oftentimes, as we move toward a goal, we don&#8217;t go in a straight line from A to B to C. That\u2019s completely unnatural in the universe. It\u2019s literally impossible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wealth, money, relationships, and success in any arena in the real world happens in a zigzag. <\/strong>You have to expect to constantly learn from mistakes and correct yourself. Constantly! And when you do that, you will eventually land your success. The only time you won\u2019t end up successful is if upon making \u2018mistakes\u2019 or thinking of yourself as a \u2018failure\u2019, you give up or you don\u2019t learn anything.<\/p>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t Expect Perfection, Instead, Learn From Mistakes<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s hubris for anyone to think they\u2019re a genius who will get it right every time. There&#8217;s always a chance you won\u2019t. We have our experience to help us, though, and our desire to learn. When you&#8217;re open to the guidance and wisdom of those who have already gone down those paths, you can move closer toward your goals.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a perfectionist, give it up. It\u2019s pointless. Mistakes, corrections, mistakes, corrections! That\u2019s the way it is. Mistakes are the natural way we learn. Learn from your mistakes or else you&#8217;ll keep making them time and time again.<\/p>\n<p>What happens to babies when they first learn to walk? They fall! And what would happen if they didn\u2019t learn from mistakes like this? They would just stay down there! But they don\u2019t know that yet. Nobody taught them \u201cfailure&#8221;. In these instances, it&#8217;s quite the opposite. They tend to get encouragement which allows them to get up and try again. Pretty soon, they\u2019ll resent you trying to help them; that\u2019s how confident they become in themselves.<\/p>\n<p>If they were an adult, though, here\u2019s what would happen. They would fall, stay down there, and get real comfortable. <em>\u2018Oh, God I don\u2019t even deserve to walk! It must not be meant to be! I should just lie there.\u2019<\/em> We justify it or we blame. <em>\u2018Mom never taught me right! It\u2019s her fault!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Imagine how less insecure we would all be if we were comfortable making mistakes, and if we were confident enough in ourselves to say, \u201cThat\u2019s okay, because I\u2019m going to get it right next time&#8221;. And maybe we won\u2019t! It\u2019s <em>still<\/em> okay, because the confidence runs so deep it doesn\u2019t matter how many times it takes. <strong>You know you\u2019re going to nail it eventually and find happiness all the while because you\u2019re implementing this practice to learn from mistakes and embrace uncertainty into all facets of life, from relationships to business.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Turn!<\/strong> What\u2019s your zigzag story toward success and happiness? 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