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Thank God it’s Monday!™ Did you attend the school of hard knocks? In life, we get one of two things from every encounter. We get the result we wanted OR we get the lesson.
Most people don’t realize that sometimes, IF the lesson sticks, the lesson is far more valuable than the desired result because it allows for a future of guaranteed improvement in results.
One young man was passed over for a promotion. He stormed into his boss’s office shouting, “How could you give Julie that promotion over me? I’ve been here longer! 20 YEARS of experience with this company and no promotion?”
The wise boss said, “Bob, you’ve had one year of experience 20 times. Bob, you just don’t learn from your mistakes.”
What a sad story. Learning to put your mistakes and failures in proper perspective is the key to personal and professional growth. Mistakes are rarely fatal but a person’s attitude about those mistakes could very well be.
Soul searching after each mistake is important to glean the lesson and putting habits in place so it won’t happen again…even MORE important.
Let mistakes be your treasure of discovery.
Have a great Monday!
Roxanne
Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.
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