Jul 1, 2026 · 38 min · 10 segments
What if the biggest thing holding back your growth is not the mistakes you make, but your fear of making them? In this episode, I explore the difference between mistakes, failures, and what I call…
Okay, so growth mistakes, or just mistakes in general, are different than failures.
I think the result of a mistake is a failure, potentially, 'cause I think failure is about the mindset of the result, right? Like, it's a thought about the result, "I failed." But I want you to think about a mistake is about the action you took that either you shouldn't have taken or you wish you hadn't taken.
It's like you're walking and not looking where you walk, and you run into something.
You plan out everything in your awareness to be planned, and there are still mistakes made or things you missed.
But the way that I wanna talk about it today, I actually looked up the definition of what a mistake is, and there were lots of them, and I loved all of them because it feels like it encompasses everything.
[laughs] A mistake is an action taken from inadequate knowledge or an inattention given to a project or a part of a project.
Like, my team has made lots of those mistakes, is inattention given to a project or a part of a project.
And even on my end, I would say that if they're able to have inattention on it, it's only because I had inattention on it, right? It can be improper planning.
This wasn't in what I looked up for the definition of growth mistakes, but for me, the way I think about it is it can be improper planning, improper training, or improper implementation.
And these things, all of these things tend to create a lot of shame for us, especially when we have our awareness or our will set on not making them.
And feelings like embarrassment, humiliation, and shame intensify when people see us do it.
Okay, so growth mistakes, or just mistakes in general, are different than failures.
I think the result of a mistake is a failure, potentially, 'cause I think failure is about the mindset of the result, right? Like, it's a thought about the result, "I failed." But I want you to think about a mistake is about the action you took that either you shouldn't have taken or you wish you hadn't taken.
It's like you're walking and not looking where you walk, and you run into something.
You plan out everything in your awareness to be planned, and there are still mistakes made or things you missed.
But the way that I wanna talk about it today, I actually looked up the definition of what a mistake is, and there were lots of them, and I loved all of them because it feels like it encompasses everything.
[laughs] A mistake is an action taken from inadequate knowledge or an inattention given to a project or a part of a project.
Like, my team has made lots of those mistakes, is inattention given to a project or a part of a project.
And even on my end, I would say that if they're able to have inattention on it, it's only because I had inattention on it, right? It can be improper planning.
This wasn't in what I looked up for the definition of growth mistakes, but for me, the way I think about it is it can be improper planning, improper training, or improper implementation.
And these things, all of these things tend to create a lot of shame for us, especially when we have our awareness or our will set on not making them.
And feelings like embarrassment, humiliation, and shame intensify when people see us do it.
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