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    • Face your workplace mistakes

    Sanjay Kaushik

    Resource TalentEquity
    Hello Friends,

    Sharing with you an interesting blog posted on TalentEquity.in/blog

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    "Some of my coworkers always find it entertaining to forward funny or agitating emails to the entire team. One day unknowingly one colleague included name of one very senior person on the email. And then he did not get the salary increment in his next appraisal.

    It is common to commit mistakes in workplace. We work in highly competitive environment with high pressure to perform well. There are diversified tasks to accomplish, boss/colleague/clients to deal with, processes to follow, strict deadlines/targets to meet and competition to conquer, there is a high probability of making mistakes.

    No matter how small or big a mistake is or whether it has been made intentionally or inadvertently, doing something stupid at may hamper the career prospects and growth. Whenever a mistake is committed there is need to be stay calm and recognize that mistake and address it properly. Following points can be considered:

    1. Acknowledge your mistake – When a mistake is committed, is committed. Now there is no point blaming it on external circumstances like colleague, client, boss, processes or other resources. Playing the blame game can make you look smaller in the eyes of your superior and your colleagues will find you less loyal. So the best way to deal with mistakes at work is to admit the mistake, apologize to the affected people and own up responsibility.

    2. Pinpoint the reasons – In order to make sure that the mistakes are not repeated, there is a need to explore the reasons which led to that mistake. What went wrong, what other better ways could have been adopted. When the reasons are known only then the mistakes can be corrected, resolved and averted.

    3. Learning experience – The key to a successful professional career and growth is to learn from every mistake. One should realize that mistakes are essential part of self improvement. The important thing is to take mistakes as a stepping stone to knowledge and experience. Because today’s mistake, tomorrow will be refereed as experience.

    4. Don’t dwell on mistakes- If one go through life afraid to make a mistake, the most of life will be ended by absolutely doing nothing. Mistakes may have its own repercussions. Face it. However one should not be overwhelmed with guilt and regret. Instead acknowledge it, resolve it, learn from it and forget it.

    So do not be afraid of making mistake or regret after making mistake.

    Share your experience on how you learn from mistakes at workplace.

    For more such blogs - TalentEquity.in/blog

    Keep your feedback coming.

    Regards,

    Sanjay
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