It's interesting to think about status in relation to being wrong. When we are wrong, our status is diminished, which feels visceral. But we also gain status by appearing to be virtuous. So if we repeatedly emphasise the virtue of embracing our wrongness, perhaps that will be a counterbalance to the status lost through our lack of competence.
This resonates with me so much, exactly when it needed to - thanks for sharing.
This insight changes lives (could have changed mine on what I chose to do as a uni student!): ‘.. she gets everything right because she ducks out of the harder questions where she is going to have to make mistakes’
Wonder what it could mean at this stage of my life :)
I constantly have this discussion with my daughter about school work. She always wants to be perfect but the learning happens in the errors. She has anxiety so the question “what if” is hard for her.
Rachel, this reminds me of the philosophy of SpaceX. They take rockets blowing up in stride because failure modes are valuable data points. They recognize that "failure is an option, if you aren't failing then you are not innovating enough."
I think that mantra is dead-on point with what your saying here. Growth requires getting out of ones' comfort zone and (occasionally) failing or being wrong.
It's interesting to think about status in relation to being wrong. When we are wrong, our status is diminished, which feels visceral. But we also gain status by appearing to be virtuous. So if we repeatedly emphasise the virtue of embracing our wrongness, perhaps that will be a counterbalance to the status lost through our lack of competence.
This resonates with me so much, exactly when it needed to - thanks for sharing.
This insight changes lives (could have changed mine on what I chose to do as a uni student!): ‘.. she gets everything right because she ducks out of the harder questions where she is going to have to make mistakes’
Wonder what it could mean at this stage of my life :)
Have you read Anti-Fragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb? Successful people look forward to being wrong, as that's the best way to get better.
I constantly have this discussion with my daughter about school work. She always wants to be perfect but the learning happens in the errors. She has anxiety so the question “what if” is hard for her.
Rachel, this reminds me of the philosophy of SpaceX. They take rockets blowing up in stride because failure modes are valuable data points. They recognize that "failure is an option, if you aren't failing then you are not innovating enough."
I think that mantra is dead-on point with what your saying here. Growth requires getting out of ones' comfort zone and (occasionally) failing or being wrong.