How many of us are walking around with the damage done (to us) in the past, severely coloring our steps into the future? All of us. Yes, past mistakes are to be learned from but not a constant whipping in slavery to the past mistake. Learning from mistakes is important, but what is equally important is moving on. We must learn the lesson and MOVE ON. If we don’t, if we stay in agony over the mistakes made in the past, it breaks down our mind and messes up our future (we don’t perform well in the next shift.)
Sports Coaches have ways of dealing with this. In the NFL you will see players do push-ups who drop passes. You will see the coaches often throw the ball right back to the same player, so the dropped pass doesn’t stay in the players’ head and his future performance hindered. you will also see basketball players with rubber bands on their wrists. The rubber band is to snap their inner wrist in punishment for a mistake made, but once the sting is gone, so is thinking about the mistake.
I wear this. A rubber band with the Smile in the ARENA logos (and website here) scrunched to show the writing. When I make an error, I snap the band in punishment for the mistake but also as a reminder to move on and not let the past mistake mess up my next shift out in the world.
whether it’s push-ups, rubber bands, or anything in between: when you make a mistake, minor or major, accept the punishment, learn the lesson, and most importantly – MOVE ON.
Now, equipped with the knowledge of lessons learned, let the past go, do your pushups, snap your band, smile, and get out there and have a great next shift out in the arena of life!!!
FABULOUS life lessons! Thanks!!!!