mistakes
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Why You Need To Stop Beating Yourself Up Over Past Money Mistakes
1Several years ago, I made a huge financial mistake. As a freelancer, I neglected to pay my taxes throughout the year and ended up owing the IRS thousands in April. Not only was I flat broke, I also felt like a fool. But the thing is, beating yourself up over these kinds of mistakes makes…
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How To Gracefully Recover From A Major Mistake At Work
Several years ago, I had a co-worker — we’ll call her Jane — who was assigned to work with our SVP’s office on a high-profile event. The project (and the staff, for that matter) was pretty rough, and Jane would often come to the rest of us at the end of a stressful day to…
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Even In Business, Reading The Instructions Is Crucial
How many times have you rushed through something without stopping to read the instructions first, making everything that much more difficult for you? It turns out this mistake can affect your business just as badly as it does, say, a hasty piece of IKEA furniture, and you could be sabotaging yourself without even realising.
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The Best Students Are Often The Ones Who Make The Most Mistakes
Few of us enjoy making mistakes, but mistakes are inevitable when you’re trying something new or challenging — and failure is how we get better. Coder Christina Cacioppo writes about teaching students programming and how the most successful beginners were the ones who made more mistakes.