I like make many mistakes in the same way that each and every person who reads this article does. People who are successful are the ones who can accept these errors and who then go on and learn from them.
My parents taught me a lot of things about life and I clearly remember my father sitting me down when I was around fourteen years of age and speaking to me about this subject. He stated that he thought I was a decent person who knew right from wrong, he was however aware that I would make some mistakes. I was a person that had a speech imediment, commonly known as stuttering. I became street wise and mature at a far earlier stage than the majority of kids my age – this was no doubt in part due to having the stutter.
He continued that he would not ask me to come home by a certain point at night and that he would let me make my own choices. If I had made some sort of crazy error or decision; or perhaps I had acted in a wrong way he would just sit me down and say: OK now I am not particularly impressed with what you have done there son; he would then ask whether I also believed that what I had done was wrong etc. I would, of course, agree with my father as I want the whole episode to be forgotten as quickly as possible. After agreeing in this way I would be fine unless I somehow made the same error again in the future. He would then in his words, come down on me like a ton of bricks.
I agreed that this seemed fair and carried on living my life. I wondered what he had meant by the ton of bricks statement. I did make many mistakes and we had to have our chat on many occasions, I am happy to say that I did learn from my errors and never had to find out what he had meant.
I am somebody who loves playing sport. I am very competitive and do not like losing. I have had to accept that at times I will lose, however when I do I always ask myself a question, what could I have done differently today? What could I do differently next time I play to ensure the result is a positive one?
It is the same in business where I sell composite doors and also where I offer a link building service UK; I am always eager to try and reach that next level up.
I am very grateful to this lesson my parents taught me and hope that in the future my children will be thankful at the way I and their mother have raised them.
