So, You Made a Mistake… - by Sean Byrnes
If you liked reading this, please click the ❤️ button on this post so more people can discover it on Substack. Thanks! I make a lot of mistakes. I used to think it was due to a lack of experience, but now that I have a lot of experience that excuse doesn’t work anymore! These days, I consider it my management style to try a lot of things and make mistakes on the path to finding success. If you think about it, your business shouldn’t require perfect execution. If your business can’t survive a regular cadence of mistakes, then the foundation was not strong to begin with. When I look at some of the most successful companies of our time, I see a lot of mistakes that were (and still are) being made on their paths. The question is not whether you’ll make mistakes, but how you handle them when you do. Everyone’s first reaction is to assume that someone else made the mistake. We are all the heroes of our own stories, and so we consider all other options before blaming ourselves. Unfortunately,
So, You Made a Mistake… We all make mistakes. It’s what happens next that matters. Sean Byrnes Nov 21, 2023 10 Share If you liked reading this, please click the ❤️ button on this post so more people can discover it on Substack. Thanks! I make a lot of mistakes. I used to think it was due to a lack of experience, but now that I have a lot of experience that excuse doesn’t work anymore! These days, I consider it my management style to try a lot of things and make mistakes on the path to finding success. If you think about it, your business shouldn’t require perfect execution. If your business ca
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