Comments on: Finding Humor In Your Mistakes

By: ægil

ægil — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:40:30 +0000

Yes, perfection is the worst illusion many people keep perpetuating.

When you can be your self as it -is-, at the very moment you are in -now-. But we can strive for being the best we can be (while accepting our weaknesses at the moment), that is called excellence.

I found the ‘excellence instead of perfection’ phrase in a wall in early January 2005. Since that moment I have been trying to downplay ‘perfection’. Only 2009 I have removed most of my ‘perfection’ thoughts.

So accepting failure is [what I think] one of the tools for excellence, because it signifies that a real problem exists in your undertaking. Finding humor is there to enhance the acceptance!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:29:11 +0000

I agree. At a very early point in my sports career I was told I was to neither look downcast or frustrated nor smile or find humor in my mistakes – I was left with no expression, and it definitely wasn’t helping my game. Through humor I could find a way to relax myself while I reflected on how I could improve.

By: brian papa

brian papa — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:04:31 +0000

As I’ve often said “Is it better to laugh at yourself, or have others laugh AT you?” ha

great post, Bud!

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By: Bud Hennekes

Bud Hennekes — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:47:09 +0000

@Vin I agree completely. I myself have been putting on a bit of weight, and I regularly joke about breaking a chair Our imperfections are a part of us so there’s no reason we can’t find humor in them.

By: Vin - NaturalBias

Vin - NaturalBias — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:44:03 +0000

Great point, Bud! In addition to our mistakes, I think it’s good to find humor in our shortcomings as well. I always admire this in other people and do my best to emulate it myself. For example, an overweight person joking that they might break a chair is so much better than being too self conscious and easily offended. Granted, it’s important to make an effort to prevent mistakes and correct shortcomings, but I completely agree that it’s important to have a sense of humor along the way as well.

By: Miguel de Luis

Miguel de Luis — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:56:08 +0000

I agree with you, Bud, sometimes a little humor goes a long way; you only need to pay attention to countries that are suffering some hardship; it’s then that people use humor to survive, if only emotionally.

By: CreativeAdi

CreativeAdi — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:23:44 +0000

Yes this is my habit ! In many cases , I laughed at my mistakes.I believe that any single mistake will en our life.So no point in taking mistakes very seriously..And I also make positive humor out of others mistakes,this tells them that they haven’t made any so called big mistake.
Great Post !!

By: Bud

Bud — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:16:04 +0000

@Bakari: I’m glad you learned not take yourself to seriously.

By: Bakari

Bakari — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:07:17 +0000

As a college professor I learned early that I couldn’t take myself too seriously. In my experience people tend to learn more when I use a light-hearted approach.