Admit Your Mistakes
This isn’t the same thing as accepting criticism of course, but it’s closely related. We all know that everyone makes mistakes, and if you won’t admit to them you’re not fooling anyone that you’ve never made any. You may, however, come across as arrogant or pompous or simply unable to recognize when you’re wrong.
I’m not advocating some kind of confessional where you go around admitting to everything you can think of, just to appear humble. You don’t want to undermine people’s confidence in you entirely. But where it’s clear something has gone wrong, and it’s down to you, then say so. People will respect you more for it.
The same goes for mistakes in the past. If you can tell a story against yourself, admitting you got something ...
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