After a Mistake, Be Useful

Mistakes are part of life. If you are doing anything meaningful, difficult, or fast paced, it's not if you will make a mistake, it's when. The real question is what you do next. Most people move in one of two directions. They either beat themselves up with negativity or they brush it off with empty positivity. While both reactions are natural, they both miss the point. After a mistake, the goal isn't to be negative or positive. The goal is to be useful. In today's episode, I share a simple framework to help you turn mistakes into something productive rather than something emotional. Key Lesson After a mistake, the goal isn't to be positive or negative. The goal is to be useful. Learn more about training your most important muscle, your brain, in my book The Optimistic Outlook. https://www.amazon.com/Optimistic-Outlook-Lessons-Important-Muscle/dp/B0G4R5VJH1/