Chapter 28 The courage to admit mistakes will win the respect and approval of others

It is not terrible for a person to make mistakes, what is afraid of is not admitting mistakes and not correcting them.Those who justify themselves when they make a mistake only arouse the resentment of others.What people admire are those who can correctly recognize their own mistakes and correct them in time to remedy them. There was an engineer who graduated from the University of Chicago, knowledgeable and experienced, but always defended himself after making mistakes.When he applied for a factory, the owner of the factory trusted him and let him do everything.As a result, there were many failures, and each failure was his fault, but he had one or several reasons to justify himself, and he said it logically.The factory owner was very annoyed when he saw that he refused to admit his mistake and instead shirked responsibility, so he had to let him pack up and leave.

Being able to face your mistakes honestly, and then have enough courage to admit it and face it, not only can you make up for the bad results brought about by your mistakes, but you can act more cautiously in your future work, and others will be very happy. Forgive your mistakes. After making a mistake, never take the following action. Liars always say things like "I didn't do that", or "No, no, I didn't do that", or "I don't know what's going on", and "I swear" etc. .There is another group of people who, after making a mistake, are in the habit of saying, "Oh, it's not a big deal, things will get better." "

This kind of person often says: "I told you that it won't work!" What happened? I don't want to ask for trouble." If you are always afraid of admitting mistakes to others, then you might as well try the following methods: (1) If you make a mistake at work, you should report it to the leader immediately. Although you may be scolded, you will be an honest person in the eyes of the boss, and they will trust you more in the future. will lose more than you. (2) If you have to admit your mistakes to others, instead of making excuses to escape, you should admit your mistakes bravely, and take responsibility for your actions as early as possible before others have time to publicize your mistakes.

(3) If your mistakes affect other people's work performance, no matter whether he finds out or not, you must take the initiative to apologize to him and admit your mistakes, and don't defend yourself or shirk responsibility, otherwise it will only annoy the other person even more. When we make a mistake, if we are honest with ourselves, we need to admit it quickly and sincerely.Not only can this produce amazing results, but it is much better than arguing for yourself.