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What does it mean?
Mistakes are acceptable if you have the courage to admit them.
In plain terms
Admitting your errors makes them forgivable.
What can you take from it?
Courage to admit mistakes is the path to growth.

Where it applies

  • workplace errors
  • personal relationships
  • learning

Putting it to work

  • own your mistakes quickly
  • focus on solutions

Questions to consider

  • What mistake are you afraid to admit?
  • How does honesty change outcomes?

Another view

Some consequences cannot be undone by admission alone.

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