• Question: If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?

    Asked by jassavirdi to Emma, Jimmy, Niall on 21 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 21 Mar 2013:

      Just because we learn from them, doesn’t mean that the mistakes aren’t bad. If you get your arm caught in a machine and lose it, you wouldn’t want to do it again and lose your other arm. This doesn’t mean though that you are happy for losing your original arm.

    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 21 Mar 2013:

      The lesson doesn’t always outweigh the consequence of the mistake…

      Sometimes we do insist on making our own mistakes though. As a kid I wouldn’t let my older brother or mum show me how to do something I’d insist that I want to try it my way. I think a part of that is because when we are young we want to learn how to approach things and not always be so dependent.

    • Photo: Emma Ashley

      Emma Ashley answered on 21 Mar 2013:

      I think also that depending on the mistake, we don’t want to make one because we’re scared about what other people will think of us. However, if you do make a mistake, you’re unlikely to make the same mistake again because you know know the consequences.

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