Comments on: Why Letting Yourself Make Mistakes Means Making Fewer of Them http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/02/letting-mistakes-means-making/ The official Derren Brown Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: mike http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/02/letting-mistakes-means-making/#comment-81251 mike Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:38:45 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=15654#comment-81251 learning from your mistakes is as old as the hills, hardly cutting edge psychology. learning from your mistakes is as old as the hills, hardly cutting edge psychology.

]]> By: An Elephant's Child. http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/02/letting-mistakes-means-making/#comment-81089 An Elephant's Child. Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:00:35 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=15654#comment-81089 "Start any new project by saying 'I’m not going to be good at this right away. . . .'." So that's not how everyone does it ? The first question I always ask is 'How can I break this, mess it up, or make it go horribly wrong ?' No wonder I'm a quick learner. “Start any new project by saying ‘I’m not going to be good at this right away. . . .’.”
So that’s not how everyone does it ?
The first question I always ask is ‘How can I break this, mess it up, or make it go horribly wrong ?’
No wonder I’m a quick learner.

]]> By: Flapjack http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/02/letting-mistakes-means-making/#comment-81080 Flapjack Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:41:48 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=15654#comment-81080 It's a sound enough philosophy unless you're in charge of big red nuclear buttons :P It’s a sound enough philosophy unless you’re in charge of big red nuclear buttons :P

]]> By: George http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/02/letting-mistakes-means-making/#comment-81067 George Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:24:08 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=15654#comment-81067 I had never used Photoshop in my life before and I had two weeks to produce a print advertisment to go in several glossy UK mags. I sweated a little at the task, (not attractive for a lady) messed up a couple of times but I hit the deadline and the advert looked good! I now use it everyday and I'm not a designer. I quite like new challenges now and I'd rather try and fail then not attempt in the first place. That saying. “I’m not going to be good at this right away, I’m going to make mistakes, and that’s okay.” Doesnt fit with bungee jumping or skydiving....or possibly surgery. Although that may be the mantra Micheal Jackson's plastic surgeon had. He never learnt a thing did he. I had never used Photoshop in my life before and I had two weeks to produce a print advertisment to go in several glossy UK mags. I sweated a little at the task, (not attractive for a lady) messed up a couple of times but I hit the deadline and the advert looked good!
I now use it everyday and I’m not a designer.
I quite like new challenges now and I’d rather try and fail then not attempt in the first place.

That saying. “I’m not going to be good at this right away, I’m going to make mistakes, and that’s okay.” Doesnt fit with bungee jumping or skydiving….or possibly surgery. Although that may be the mantra Micheal Jackson’s plastic surgeon had. He never learnt a thing did he.

]]> By: Jason http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/02/letting-mistakes-means-making/#comment-81060 Jason Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:07:28 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=15654#comment-81060 Thanks for this, the article is a good wake-up call for those of us trying to be perfectionists and constantly sabotaging our efforts with the need to appear good at everything and never make mistakes. As someone who is currently trying to learn another (rather tricky) language, I really will try to bear this in mind and allow myself to screw-up and not be so uptight about it. Jason Thanks for this, the article is a good wake-up call for those of us trying to be perfectionists and constantly sabotaging our efforts with the need to appear good at everything and never make mistakes. As someone who is currently trying to learn another (rather tricky) language, I really will try to bear this in mind and allow myself to screw-up and not be so uptight about it.

Jason

]]>