Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to let your mistakes make you gracious instead
Speaker 1: of being unduly hard on yourself when you make a mistake,
Speaker 1: let the mistakes serve as a reminder that we all
Speaker 1: make mistakes occasionally, and we need to be gracious to
Speaker 1: each other when we do. My guess is that the
Speaker 1: listeners of this podcast are less likely than average to
Speaker 1: miss an appointment, run late, mix up time zones, lose
Speaker 1: track of important files, overlook an important email, or have
Speaker 1: any of these issues with video calls that still crop
Speaker 1: up three years after Zoom became ubiquitous. People who listen
Speaker 1: to for Breakfast tend to work hard to run a
Speaker 1: tight ship, but we all make mistakes everyone. In the
Speaker 1: last month, I have sent an email to thousands of
Speaker 1: people with not one, but two rather glaring typos. I
Speaker 1: have forgotten a meeting that I am pretty sure had
Speaker 1: already been rescheduled the first time. Because of me, I
Speaker 1: was several minutes late to an interview about time management.
Speaker 1: I don't drop a lot of balls, but I am
Speaker 1: human and I have a lot going on and things
Speaker 1: do not always go perfectly. I am sure that you
Speaker 1: likewise could provide at least a short list of your
Speaker 1: own recent dropped balls. Sometimes conscientious people beat themselves up
Speaker 1: about minor mishaps like these. When you tell yourself I
Speaker 1: am always on time and I never miss a deadline.
Speaker 1: It is a blow when you are inevitably late to
Speaker 1: an appointment or late with an assignment. But these things
Speaker 1: do happen, even if it isn't your fault. It happens,
Speaker 1: and sometimes it is your fault, and that can feel
Speaker 1: especially rough when you make a mistake and it results
Speaker 1: in wasted time or wasted money for your team or
Speaker 1: your family. Apologize, make amends if you need to. But then,
Speaker 1: rather than wallowing and guilt, allow this feeling to help
Speaker 1: you shift the story you tell yourself. How about this one.
Speaker 1: I aim to be on time and to keep my
Speaker 1: own and other schedules on track. But once in a while,
Speaker 1: priorities shift, or something unforeseeable comes up, or I just
Speaker 1: make a mistake and I run a little late. It
Speaker 1: might be unfortunate, but it is almost never the end
Speaker 1: of the world. As you change the story you tell
Speaker 1: about yourself. Ideally, you will also be shifting the story
Speaker 1: you tell about others, because others are subject to the
Speaker 1: exact same forces. When someone is late or overlooks an
Speaker 1: email or missus a deadline, it doesn't necessarily mean the
Speaker 1: person is rude or careless or disorganized. It means they
Speaker 1: are human like you, like me, and they sometimes make
Speaker 1: mistakes and need a little grace. Now, of course, if
Speaker 1: someone routinely runs later or missus deadlines, you may need
Speaker 1: to address that more directly. You can absolutely set boundaries
Speaker 1: and expectations, both with team members and people in your
Speaker 1: personal life, But in general, it helps to remember that
Speaker 1: we all occasionally drop balls, even when we work hard
Speaker 1: to fulfill our commitments. So the next time you make
Speaker 1: a mistake in an area where you consider yourself reliable,
Speaker 1: don't be too hard on yourself, but do let your
Speaker 1: mistake prompt you to be more gracious when someone else
Speaker 1: makes the exact same mistake. In the meantime, This is Laura,
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.
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