Mistakes Can Make You Better

When I was a supervisor that trained gals and guys to properly do their job at the Nashville television station, something I emphasized may surprise you.

I didn’t tell them to never make mistakes… quite the opposite. I helped them understand that mistakes were a part of learning their job. I helped them understand that freaking out because they goofed up, was only detrimental. I told them that it was in the mistakes that they would become better and better.

It’s not in the “falling down”, it is in the “getting up” every single time that you learn to do it right. These “trainees” learned that most everything can be fixed. But if you are paralyzed in fear of the possible “mess-ups” … so much for ever having the opportunity of being good at your job.

I love the first part of today’s verse. “Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up.” They have learned that every mistake is a chance to pivot and come back better.

Proverbs 24:16 CEV

Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up. But when trouble strikes the wicked, that's the end of them. #paulaandthebible #helpforyourdailywalk