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Learning From Mistakes

We all make mistakes, but it's harder to start learning from them. After making a mistake, everyone usually thinks about how did it go wrong. Yet we should be asking ourselves, how do I learn from it?

The first step is to develop or build a growth mindset. The "Growth Mindset: help you grow," a YouTube video of two women who either learn from their mistake or easily forgets about it. A young artist sketching a plant would throw away each painting with a mistake. She starts to learn when she hangs up the paintings with the mistakes, so she won't repeat them. Check out the Learning From Failure: 5 Inspiring Life Lessons website with tips to achieve success through failures. Mistakes are a learning opportunity, so we can become better and build stronger habits. 


The youth from the chat had a lot of great advice to share with everyone. They spoke about using mistakes as examples to learn about what they did wrong. A youth shared a great quote, "every success in life comes from failure." 

Leave us a comment about how you learned from your mistakes. And, what advice would you give others? For 13-26-year-olds,  join the SPAN youth chats by clicking the link under Resources.  Invite a friend, or share the blog so they can subscribe!

Author,

Jeremy Hayer

Resources:


  1. The SPAN Youth Chat: the-span-youth-chat

  2. Growth Mindset: Mistakes help you grow: https://youtu.be/BjZ5O4sA-fg

  3. Learning From Failure: 5 Inspiring Life Lessons: https://www.insperity.com/blog/learning-from-failure/

  4. Youth-Focused Videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGXju3IK5UOWXGDV1Fzfrc2DJuDDqOKTu

  5. Subscribe to SPAN's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SPANAdvocacy

  6. Link to SPAN's website: https://spanadvocacy.org/

  7. Link to SPAN’s Youth In the Know Resource Page: Youth in the Know

  8. We’re here for you!  Call SPAN if you need assistance: 1-800-654-7726

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