“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde (who clearly made enough mistakes to know what he was talking about)
Let me tell you about my recent Zoom fail. There I was, delivering what I thought was a brilliant workshop on executive presence, when a participant kindly messaged me: “Deb, we can’t hear you. You’re on mute.” Teaching about presence while being completely absent – oh, the irony!
Of all the mistakes I typically make (and trust me, I have a greatest hits collection), the ones I can laugh off are those where I’m the only casualty: sending an email to myself instead of a client, showing up for a meeting on the wrong day, or my personal favorite – trying to find my phone while talking on my phone. The error is mine, and so are the consequences (my kids thinking I’m losing it.)
