‘I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being–forgive me–rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.’ | Albus Dumbledore
As we grow in position, stature, learning, and wealth, our mistakes become bigger. It’s a natural consequence of taking bigger risks and/or making bigger and more consequential decisions.
Resisting this is futile and never helps. It’s akin to playing on a poker table with a bigger buy-in and continuing to make smaller bets. You don’t get very far.
The only way forward is to accept the fact that we have earned the right to play at a more important table, embrace the risk, and embrace the likelihood of bigger mistakes. There is no minimizing the risk. And safety is an illusion.
A Learning a Day 