Every mistake is a lesson!

Hello readers! This week entry is related with something that I assume everybody had experienced at some point in our lives, yes! I am talking about failures. They always have been part of our learning process and is moment to talk about it!

First of all, something that probably all of us know is that we cannot win or be successful at everything we do, especially at the first try. This is not to demotivate you, on the contrary! Sometimes it takes a second try to understand deeply what are you doing or the objective, additionally, you can be better than the person who succeeded at his first try!

Secondly, errors are important to grow as a person and one of the best part of them is that we can learn from the errors of friends, enemies, teachers, relatives, strangers, and even fictional characters! I have really good memories of avoiding negative consequences by remembering what somebody told me, or what I saw in another context! Moreover, certain situations can leave some physical or iconic scars which remind us that we should not make the same mistake twice.

Consequently, I want to list some things I have learned recently as the result of other people’s mistake and of course the ones I made as well:

“Tradition is the corpse of wisdom”

“The more confident you feel about understanding something completely, the less you actually can still learn from it”

“Do not underestimate the complexity of anything no matter how simple it seems”

“Never lend money that you would not have given for free”

“Teachers should take a complaint from his/her students in the same way that they take it from a supervisor”

Here is a video in which we can appreciate some worthy ideas related to failure

Finally, as a reflection after reading and watching material related to this topic, I would like to add that usually we tend to see as a failure the fact that somebody cannot perform certain tasks while others are able to accomplish them. There are several readings with theory that include biodiversity, mental processes, affective factors, and even more that explain why those persons are having problems and not respecting them pace is a mistake. Thus, comparing individuals is not helpful, and teachers should know this, not only with students but with their own pairs. To finish this entry I want you to tell me "what is the last thing you have learned?"