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The feeling of failure is not nice for those affected.
However, it is necessary in order to grow.
Why you shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes.
Just try, fail and keep going - that's exactly how children learn.
This intuitive approach teaches you how to deal with problems and still achieve your goal.
'Trial and Error' is a proven learning principle.
Find out here why you should learn from mistakes and how to turn them into successes.
Notice your own mistakes: new neural connections emerge
If errors are accepted without judgment and work is done constructively on them, this makes sense for the company in the long term.
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Anyone who notices a mistake and has to react to it activates an early warning system in the brain, informs the
Arbeitsabc
portal based on research by psychology professor Andy Wills (University of Exeter).
The background is that brain activity was measured in subjects who noticed an error.
As a result, the brain learns and creates new connections.
In order to achieve learning success, mistakes must not only be made, but rather recognized.
The trial and error method can also be helpful in this context.
What are the advantages of making mistakes: trial and error
Mistakes have to be made in order to learn from them.
What fits with Wills' scientific findings is also evident in the advantages of Trail and Error.
The
Career Bible
portal lists the advantages of the method:
Act: After planning, you go straight to trying things out, you don't think about what could go wrong.
Sources of error are quickly eliminated.
You don't develop fear of making mistakes.
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Making mistakes in the company: The right error culture helps
Company leaders can create an environment in which employees can learn from mistakes.
What is particularly important is an open and positive approach to errors, informs
gruenderplattform.de
.
To achieve this, employees should be relieved of their fear of consequences if they make mistakes.
This can be achieved, for example, if you focus on the reasons for the errors and how to solve them.
An open exchange within the team can also help ensure that errors are addressed and not swept under the table.
So if you make mistakes in the company and talk about them, there is a chance that you will improve in the long term.
If there is criticism and feedback within the team that is communicated constructively, those affected are more likely to accept it.
Tips for an open error culture
Focus on the mistake, not the person who made the mistake.
The problem should be addressed promptly.
Hold back emotions.
Blaming and unobjective criticism don't help.