Screw-Ups + Lessons Learned = Life

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• 6 Life Lessons from a Decade of Fuck Ups for the Youth of Today
• Bella Brown (Author of Screw-Ups + Lessons Learned = Life)
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To prevent herself from having instant access to her cards, she froze her credit cards in a big block of ice. Creating a list of all the reasons why you should stay on track could help you stay self-disciplined, even during tough times. I once worked with a woman who wanted to stop talking to her ex-boyfriend. She laminated the list and taped it to the back cover of her phone. It helped her resist the temptation to answer. Self-discipline is like a muscle. Each time you delay gratification and make a healthy choice, you grow mentally stronger.

So pay attention to your errors, no matter how small they might seem. To learn how to give up the bad habits that rob you of mental strength, pick up a copy of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do. Great advice but I would also suggest that it is also a huge privilege if you CAN avoid toxic people and toxic environments and cultivate healthy relationships and give of yourself in healthy environments. Keep your attitude in line with reasonable expectations. Do not base present circumstances on past failures. Get enough sleep and stay away from garbage food, also drink enough water.

• Don't Fear Failure: Nine Powerful Lessons We Can Learn From Our Mistakes.
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• Each mistake can be an opportunity to grow stronger and become better..
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See all problems as challenges instead of giving them a negative connotation. How to stay mentally strong when you work with a toxic person. Mistakes teach us to accept ourselves and that we can be flawed and be loved. We can fully appreciate ourselves, even while acknowledging our screw ups.

It is possible to laugh at our mistakes and then work hard to correct them. Most of us have a long history of putting ourselves down when we blow it. But it's a self-defeating habit we must break so that we can start appreciating ourselves, mistakes and all. People who love and care about us will stick with us through all our flaws and floundering.

Our not so perfectness is what makes us unique and we are loved for it. So we should give ourselves a break. Mistakes teach us to accept our fallibility and face our fear. Sometimes even our best efforts just don't work out. We might do everything possible to achieve a certain result and still fail, again and again.

When this happens we can admit that we're stuck. Facing mistakes often takes us straight to the heart of our fears. And when we experience and face those fears, they can disappear. When we are stuck and admit that we can't do it alone it sends a signal and opens the door for help to show up.

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People, resources, and solutions will appear, especially when we ask for help. Mistakes teach us about ourselves and how to tell our truth. It is natural to want to cover up our mistakes or be embarrassed by them. To feel like we wish we had a handy mistake eraser or remover.

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But being honest about our failures and limitations offer us opportunities to practice telling the truth. Admitting the truth allows us to expand our knowledge of self-to know who we are. And thus, increases our capacity to change. It is like holding up a mirror to ourselves and really seeing. When we tell others about our mistakes, to let them really see us, it allows us to let go of the embarrassment, shame and blame we may feel so that we can concentrate on learning and growing.

Mistakes teach us, through analysis and feedback, about what works, and what doesn't. The force of parents: Like most, I wanted to make my parents proud, and I craved societies definition of success: In the world of influence, the law of reciprocation states that by doing good for others, they are more likely to do good for you in return. Therefore, a little nudge can be met with incredible force. So they go by what their parents taught them and how their peers are parenting.

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Yes, my parents suffered from my poor decisions, and yes, many of those decisions were made to make them proud. The force of education: Many leave education loaded with self-doubt, and clueless as to what they might be good at. What was the journey to get there? A year or two breast feeding, potty training, and another year fine-tuning the sphincter before entering education? That leaves approximately 18 years in a classroom, and most are none the wiser as to what they might be good at and what they want to do.

I took a gap year after University, but looking back I would have gone before. I no longer understand the rush. The problem with time is that most of us waste it. Travel can teach much of what formal education leaves out as it ignites imagination and creativity. Someone I admire who is successful in the arena in which I want to play.