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The Six Best Mistakes I’ve Ever Made
03.11.14
Check out Doreen Overstreet’s guest post for Geben Communication about her favorite mistakes in public relations.
The Six Best Mistakes I’ve Ever Made
In 12 years working at a PR/marketing agency, I’ve had a lot of wins, but I’ve also made a lot of bad calls. Everyone says, “Learn from your mistakes,” but you can’t begin to learn from your faults if you don’t take the first step: acknowledging them.
In Carl Honoré’s excellent book The Slow Fix, there’s a chapter titled “Confess: The Magic of Mistakes and the Mea Culpa.” He makes a case to embrace your own fallibility because in doing so, you can make long-term improvements.
So here’s my confession – warts and all – and you’ll see why they are the best mistakes I’ve ever made.
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