Where Do You Learn Best: Mistakes or Successes?

CLARITY KICKSTART: February 3, 2014

“Conventional wisdom tells us that we learn from our mistakes. The strengths movement says that all we learn from mistakes are the characteristics of mistakes. If we want to learn about our successes, we must study successes.”

~ Marcus Buckingham

Coaching Tip For The Week:

It’s February… How are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? 

I firmly believe one of the reasons many of us struggle with resolutions and goals is because we create them from a place of lack. We ask “What haven’t I done well?” or “Where am I failing?” and set our goals from there.

This week, create a list of successes – what I call your Celebration of Triumphs. Write down at least a dozen “wins” you’ve experienced over the past few years, using your own definition of success as your guide. Big and small, personal and professional, expected and surprise wins, document them.

Then do two things: 1) Celebrate what you’ve accomplished! You have a great track record of success, and now it’s on paper.

2) Create – or refine – your 2014 goals from this place of success, abundance, and joy. When you start with a sense of accomplishment, your goals will become much more energized and in tune with your values.

What “win” appears on your Celebration of Triumphs? Share below, on our Facebook page, or via Twitter!