Permission to make mistakes
The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt. ~ Sylvia Plath
I did a presentation recently about embracing change. The president of the company wanted me to emphasize that change and growth required innovation and the willingness to make mistakes.
You've got to break some eggs to make an omelet
It was so interesting to feel the room go cold when I mentioned making mistakes being a part of learning and growing. Despite the president’s intention to create an environment for innovation, most of the people in the room were not comfortable with making mistakes. Whether it was their own internal system or the feeling that their supervisors did not have the “capacity” to accept mistakes as a healthy part of growth, the air in the room made it clear that something needed to change in a big way before the staff felt they really had the room to make mistakes. At some level we know that mistakes aren’t “bad” and that we can learn and grow from them, but most of us just want to get “it” right. We don’t feel like we have the time, let alone the permission, to make mistakes that we can learn from, that will give us the freedom in which to innovate!
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Not ready to go "gently in to that good night?" Me neither! We have too much to offer the world to go into hiding! And every day offers new opportunities to come out of hiding and shine our lights.
