The right way to make mistakes: How to manage the fallout of a career risk gone wrong

If you take risks, you will make mistakes. Robert L. Dilenschneider explains how to make yours the right way--absorb the lessons and keep on striving for imperfection.

NEW YORK, NY, September 2023 —Dealing with the aftermath of a blunder can be painful. Mistakes are messy, embarrassing, costly, and, above all, prove that we are not perfect. But Robert L. Dilenschneider says perfection should not be what we are striving for in our careers anyway—in fact, it’s a fallacy. If we’re taking risks, as we should, we will make mistakes… the key is to make them the right way. “First, forget the idea that mistakes are ‘bad,’” says Dilenschneider, author of Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestseller The Ultimate Guide to Power & Influence: Everything You Need to Know. “Actually, they are crucial. If there are no mistakes in a company, then no one is taking a risk, and innovation will atrophy.” Many of the most successful companies can…

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Scoopvizion (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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