Mistakes need not always be painful
I am sure that I have learned more from my mistakes, and the mistakes of others, than I have from my successes. Success always comes at a cost. A cost in time, often money and always in mistakes. To prove this, there’s a word game called ‘Wordle’ that has become a world craze.
The idea is to guess a word in 6 tries. Each guess must be a valid 5-letter word. After each guess, the colour of your letters will change, indicating if you have any of the letters correct, or correct but in the wrong place. It’s quite a fun past time. I remember a similar game called ‘MasterMind’ where one had to guess the colour code of a number of pins, one’s opponent hid behind a little cover. We used to play it at school.
I really can recommend trying Wordle, if only to play with your children. If they can appreciate that getting things wrong can bring us faster to a good conclusion, then I think they will have learnt a very valuable lesson.
Enjoy!
Harley Lovegrove
Harley is a dynamic 'we can do this' kind of person with a successful track record of working for a wide variety of companies in all kinds of sectors. From very small family run businesses right through to giant multi-nationals. Over the last thirty five years Harley has built a reputation for inspiring those around him to rout out and tackle the core problems facing their organizations. Armed with a wide range of pragmatic tools that he has developed over the years, Harley is able to help his clients bring about long-term, sustainable solutions, while having fun at the same time. Harley is a motivational 'people person' who is nonetheless tough on efficiency and delivery. Apart from being well known for his highly entertaining and motivational speeches, Harley is also a blogger and author of four books; 'The Change Manager's Handbook', 'Transition', 'Inspirational Leadership’ and ‘Making a Difference’.