Bad Mistake

I am 2 posts away from 2,000 blog posts (!!) and I am begin to wonder if it has stayed true to its purpose.

One of the biggest reasons for it’s existence is to not fear mistakes but ensure creative, constructive and corrective responses to those. This morning, I made a bad mistake – for the 1st time in 3 years, my Monday Learning email was repeated!

Essentially, the content was repeated. One part of me felt completely annoyed at myself at the moment I realized. But, after some thought, I’ve realized there are a bunch of positives –

1. I realize how many people really read the emails ;)

2. A little bit of reinforcement is helpful at times – so I hope the story strikes a positive chord

3. It is an opportunity to better strengthen my system. Seems like my repository system is not working as well as it should. 99.9% is not good enough.

4. I should listen to myself. There was a niggling feeling last night as I prepared the email that I might have sent it. But then, I chose to ignore it..

5. And finally, I had this blog to thank. Now, as I was soul searching about whether it had stayed true to it’s purpose, I realize it has. I screwed up. I hope not to overly disappoint those who receive the email!

All that said, that’s that. And now it is time for response. And respond I will.

Here’s to failing forward and building better systems!