Screaming and Kicking
Admitting Mistakes Is Never Easy
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On an 18-hour flight where you choose to go economy and you're between snoozing and waking up interspersed with glimpses of another passenger's socked feet in the empty seat beside you, you decide to make the best of the moment by grabbing those earphones and finally watching the in-flight movie rerun( which are the fare, by today's budget-strapped airlines). I mean, so what if it's a movie titled "Kicking and Screaming" starring Will Ferrer and Robert Duvall ? You've been roused from your sleep , you've had it with all the food and drinks that've been shoveled down your throat and the laptop battery just fizzled out. Going out for a walk and a bit of fresh air at 37,000 feet wasn't my idea of fun either.
Anyway, it was a Little League neighborhood baseball game scenario where Will and Robert were at odds as coaches. Will was all over the place with his antics in playing dirty to win and I reached the part when he 'fessed up and told his team, " Listen guys, I screwed up.." In a sudden burst of Epiphany, Will espouses the value of team spirit and derides "winning" over "how you play the game".
Maybe it was getting roused from sleep and immediately witnessing that scene that made the point of admitting mistakes register in my mind. We've had a lot of that lately. Imagine pouring billions into the shuttle space program only to admit in the end that it was a mistakeLink
And , of course, there was this remarkable admission Link , in a Presidential sort of way from a man not used to revealing his weaknesses. Speaking of Presidents, we also have Link as another example. Of, course, a classic one without the need for apology or change in the course of actionLink . We also have people who face up to mistakes involving tragic consequences. Link Oh, and an unexpected recent rant that caught my attention after I finished the article.Link
Whether it be fear of political consequences, the social fallout, or just plain embarrassment, facing the truth of one's mistake and owning up to it has never been easy. Yes, we do "scream and kick" before finally concluding the inevitable. How about you, dear readers at JU? How many life-learning monumental screw-ups do you know of that had been/ could've been/ would've been saved by a simple admission ?
Anyway, it was a Little League neighborhood baseball game scenario where Will and Robert were at odds as coaches. Will was all over the place with his antics in playing dirty to win and I reached the part when he 'fessed up and told his team, " Listen guys, I screwed up.." In a sudden burst of Epiphany, Will espouses the value of team spirit and derides "winning" over "how you play the game".
Maybe it was getting roused from sleep and immediately witnessing that scene that made the point of admitting mistakes register in my mind. We've had a lot of that lately. Imagine pouring billions into the shuttle space program only to admit in the end that it was a mistakeLink
And , of course, there was this remarkable admission Link , in a Presidential sort of way from a man not used to revealing his weaknesses. Speaking of Presidents, we also have Link as another example. Of, course, a classic one without the need for apology or change in the course of actionLink . We also have people who face up to mistakes involving tragic consequences. Link Oh, and an unexpected recent rant that caught my attention after I finished the article.Link
Whether it be fear of political consequences, the social fallout, or just plain embarrassment, facing the truth of one's mistake and owning up to it has never been easy. Yes, we do "scream and kick" before finally concluding the inevitable. How about you, dear readers at JU? How many life-learning monumental screw-ups do you know of that had been/ could've been/ would've been saved by a simple admission ?
