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How To Identify And Learn From Your Mistakes

It’s never easy to admit you’ve made a mistake, but it’s a crucial step in learning, growing, and improving yourself. Writer and speaker Scott Berkun’s new essay collection, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds, examines, among other things, how to learn from your mistakes. In this excerpt, Berkun discusses four of the most common kinds of mistakes, how to recognise them, and how, in turn, to learn from them.