The four steps to handling mistakes more effectively are…

The four steps to handling mistakes more effectively are as follows: (1) accept responsibility, (2) learn from the mistake, (3) commit to doing better, and (4) repair the damage as best you can.

— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Clear Thinking: The Art and Science of Making Better Decisions by Shane Parrish

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what will I do when this happens again? — and notice that all three point inward, at your own responsibility, not outward at the world. Then run the four steps for handling any mistake: accept responsibility, learn from it, commit to doing better, and repair the damage as best you can. The reframe to internalize is learn to fail, or fail to learn. If you avoid every hard thing because you might fail, the message you quietly send yourself is that you cannot handle difficulty — and your confidence withers. […] Lead with the response, not the event. Remember it is your resilience, not the adversity, that defines you — and that your response is the one thing you always control. Fail well. Take responsibility even when it isn't your fault; run the three black-box questions — what did I do, what could I have done, what will I do next time; then accept, learn, commit, and repair; taking that responsibility is not a burden but the very thing that turns into empowerment, control, and eventual success. Make yourself accountable on purpose. Volunteer for it rather than waiting to be caught, and use the plain power of knowing someone is watching — accountability to another keeps you honest when your own resolve wavers. — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)

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