Daily Inspiration #94
Ingvar Kamprad
Mistakes

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad (born 30 March 1926) is a Swedish business magnate. He is the founder of IKEA, a Swedish retail company specialising in furniture.

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A lot of us have heard of his furniture.

I just found out recently that he has some really great quotes.

Here is one for today.

"Only those who are asleep make no mistakes."

That's a pretty true one, huh?

The truth is everyone makes mistakes.

Each and every one of us messes up from time to time.

There is no reason to fear mistakes.

Being afraid of making mistakes will often keep us from reaching out potential.

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We can all to easily dwell in the what if's of life and not start the things we want to or should start.

Usually we will get an impulse to start something then all the what if's will come in.

I can tell you that our gut will not steer us wrong but our mind often does.

Mistakes are an every day part of life and should simply be accepted as that.

The key is to learn from each one and move on.

When we learn from them we can move on, correcting what could have been a mistake each time as we go, one step at a time.

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If you feel like you make more mistakes than others, great!

That just means you are being taught more lessons.

If you are paying attention to what those lessons are you will learn far more than the people that are not making so many mistakes.

Also, often when we feel like we make more mistakes than others we really aren't.

A lot of times we are simply not seeing the mistakes that they are making because they are in a different scenario.

Maybe they are happening at home or just somewhere out of your view.

Whatever the case, we should all remember that mistakes are quite normal.

They are an essential part of the learning process.

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Without making mistakes often and learning from them, we would go a long time then make a huge mistake we may not recover from.

You see, the mistakes we make all the time are teaching us small things that often get taken for granted.

Those small things all add up when there is a large issue and allow us to surpass that issue with ease and grace.

So, don't go looking to make mistakes, but be very grateful for them as they do come.

Because each time you are gaining another tool for your belt.

Remember,

"Only those who are asleep make no mistakes."

Thanks for reading,
Michael David
@michaeldavid

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