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We all make mistakes knowingly or unknowingly. But a few mistakes that I made in the past still haunt me. How do I overcome those?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Doing these things is not easy and may take some practice on your part, but for me it boils down to the following process:

  • be honest with yourself and others, and own up to it, don't try to pretend it was somebody else's fault. Apologise to those impacted if you need to.

  • figure out what you can learn from it - not necessarily the specific details of this mistake but what you can do next time in similar circumstances to avoid making the same sort of error.

  • stop wishing for a better past - it won't happen, so move on.