Don’t confuse your mistake with who you are.
You and your bad decision are two separate things. Do not let one mistake shape who you are.
Reframe negative feedback.
It’s tough to reframe negative feedback or criticism — especially since our brains tend toward negative thinking anyway — but doing so can help you move forward and take advantage of great opportunities.
Don’t get caught up in “seeming over being.”
When you privilege how you appear to others over how you are to yourself — when you choose seeming over being — you drift away from the strongest parts of who you are.
Success — however you define it — is built on extracting the lessons from our biggest mistakes.