3 words that helps learn from their mistakes
Motivation / / December 19, 2019
David Hansson, founder of Basecamp and author of the book Rework, believes that everyone should take on as much responsibility and guilt for any errors, because the only way to change and grow.
The simplest thing in the world - blame all others when something goes wrong, as you would like. Analyze every misstep, point to every flaw. Point in such an analysis a bit. So it really useful, you have to exert a little more effort, namely to realize how guilty you are.
The work on Basecamp, we often make mistakes: technical, personnel, production. I'm learning a lot on them, when I admit that was my best to fix it. Even if I did not know about these mistakes (and should!), Even if I could not foresee them (and should!).
In most of these wines error lies mainly on me, and some of them - it's completely my fault. I like to think that the adoption of all this - one of the reasons why we are still here.
David Heynemeyer Hansson (David Heinemeier Hansson)
This approach is particularly relevant if you are responsible for others. "Buck passing" - the slogan made popular by the 33rd US President Harry Truman, we should remember and now: if you are in power, not to shift the responsibility to subordinates.
But not only heads need lessons critical introspection. They do not interfere with each. If you are part of a team or of a process and something went wrong - of course, it's your fault. You could be more attentive, more doubt and check everything twice.
There is a reason why it happened, and you're part of this system.
Garbage does not happen by itself.
Most Feil - a predictable consequence of what happened before. Even if there is a particular culprit of what happened, the rest allowed him to make a mistake.
The goal is to change the system. To do this, you need to change parts of it. Have the courage to start with yourself.
Take the maximum responsibility for what is happening. This decision has a chance to be reflected in other parts of the system. Even if this does not happen, you still will make a contribution to improving the situation.
"It's my fault". Say it.