We have to fail to make progress

How did we learn to walk? By walking from point A to B. But what happened in between those points? it sure wasn’t a smooth route at your first attempt. As we are young we are not bothered by making mistakes, because we make them all the time. Also everyone around us look at you being cute and they don’t consider them failing, just learing something new.

If only it was so easy to get back into the mindset we had when growing up. The mindset of a 2 year old of feeling no pressure to perform. No pressure that weighs us down and prevents growth. The moment where we really lose this way of thinking is at our adolescence. Whenever we do something “wrong” parents and teacher tell us we made a mistake and how we should do it the next time…