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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

3301: How To Get Over Your Mistakes by Sarah Von Bargen of Yes and Yes on Personal Responsibility

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3301: Sarah Von Bargen shares her insights on overcoming mistakes by acknowledging personal responsibility, learning prevention strategies, and letting go of regret. She emphasizes that while mistakes are inevitable, self-forgiveness and growth from each experience are within our control, leading to a smarter, more resilient approach to life. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.yesandyes.org/2014/05/how-to-get-over-your-mistakes.html Quotes to ponder: "You don't need to be perfect, you just need to be slightly smarter than last time." "If you're the source of hardships in your life, you're also the source of the solutions." "Regretting your life’s choices serves no one. It’s completely pointless." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is optimal living daily. How to get over your mistakes in five not particularly easy steps by Sarah

0:08.2

von bargain of yes and yes.org and I'm Justin Malik the guy who reads articles, book excerpts sometimes, and more to you every day including holidays.

0:17.0

It's always with permission from the authors or websites.

0:20.0

We couldn't do that without them or you, so thank you to them and to you for being here.

0:25.0

Now let's get right to our post today and start optimizing your life.

0:30.0

How to Get over your mistakes in five not particularly easy steps by Sarah

0:39.4

Von bargain of yes and yes.org. Dear Sarah, so I was just wondering, how do you deal when you make a mistake or do something you regret?

0:50.0

Does this ever happen to you?

0:52.0

I can't figure out if I'm just making more mistakes lately or if I'm having a harder time for giving myself for them.

0:59.0

And before I attempt to answer our friend's very valid question.

1:03.0

Please allow me to share some of my most epic mistakes.

1:07.4

Number one, putting off getting the brakes on my scooter fixed,

1:11.6

resulting in an accident, a whole lot of road rash, and four stitches in my

1:16.3

chin.

1:17.9

Number two, allowing a five-year relationship to go on for about two years too long.

1:23.0

Number three, not proofing $1,300 worth of product before I send it to the printer.

1:29.0

Number four, not tying down a mattress I was hauling in the back of a pickup.

1:35.0

It blew out of the back in the middle of the Lake Street Bridge during rush hour.

1:40.0

And number five, frequently wearing Red Fleece overalls in high school. Yes.

1:47.0

I'd like to say that I've learned from these mistakes, but I've got drop-crotch print pants in my online shopping card as I type this, so maybe I've yet to grasp

1:55.8

the meaning behind that last one.

1:58.3

I'm hardly the person who doesn't make mistakes.

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