Podcast Episode 60: ‘Fess Up

Just how skilled are you at admitting you are wrong?

In his article, “How to Admit Your Mistakes,” (who knew there was an instruction manual, right?) author Dustin Wax begins like this:

OK, you screwed up. Something’s gone horribly, horribly wrong, and it’s all your fault. And it’s time to pay the piper.

Maybe you lost your company’s big client. Maybe you forgot to do a critical part of that big project. Maybe you weren’t there for someone when they needed you, even when you said you would be. Whatever the situation, someone trusted you to do a job and you failed.

Now you’ve got to tell them.

The instinctive reaction to a situation like this is “duck and cover”—protect yourself by any means necessary. Depending on how badly you screwed up, it could mean the end of your job, your career, your relationship, your status, or your reputation.

In this episode I’ll share a great big screwup of mine, but I have a sneaking suspicion that you have a similar tale of your own. Maybe together we can re-remind each other about how life-giving it is just to confess—the whole truth—already.

NOTES:

Wax, Dustin. “How to Admit Your Mistakes.” 

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/work/how-to-admit-your-mistakes.html

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