I've always mused that that's an under-appreciated benefit of poly -- the continued opportunities for "mistake" a.k.a. "learning experience" relationships. The painful truth is that we do learn a lot (things we might not learn otherwise) and grow from those horrible messes! At least I like to think that I do....
John Cleese did a nice talk on The Importance of Mistakes (http://www.coastal.com/coastalACB/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Product_ID=10478) - well worth watching if you can find a copy. He also did a number of humorous business training videos setup as short skits. Life of Brian they're not, but far better than most of the breed.
I certainly found that out when I was in cooking school. If you made a mistake in doing something, the instructor could tell you what you should have done differently (and often tell you what you could do now to salvage something out of what you've got). However, if your item turned out OK, you didn't really know if it was a fluke or if you really understood what you needed to do.
I guess the important thing is that you've got to recognize that it was a mistake, and how you might avoid making the same mistake in the future.
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I've always mused that that's an under-appreciated benefit of poly -- the continued opportunities for "mistake" a.k.a. "learning experience" relationships. The painful truth is that we do learn a lot (things we might not learn otherwise) and grow from those horrible messes! At least I like to think that I do....
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I guess the important thing is that you've got to recognize that it was a mistake, and how you might avoid making the same mistake in the future.
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I can only hope that I am making incremental changes to that behavior...
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