What To Do After You Screw Up - Making Mistakes Leads To Success

We all screw up once and a while. The question is what you do when it happens. Here’s the two most important questions to ask yourself and some ideas on how to make things right. Making mistakes humanizes us in the eyes of others and can actually make us more attractive due to The Pratfall Effect. People distrust perfection and by taking chances, being daring and making mistakes we learn more and rise to greater levels of success.

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Philip VanDusen is the founder of Verhaal Brand Design, a strategic design and branding consultancy in the New York City metro area. He is an accomplished creative executive and expert in strategic branding, graphic design and creative management. Philip gives design, branding, marketing and business advice to creative professionals and entrepreneurs on building successful creative practices and brands.
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[kamilareeder]

Just remember guys. When the mistake is newly made, it feels ENOURMOUS. but after confessing, and a few days of agony maybe, it'll get Smaller and smaller. 👌😌

[yousuf]

I made such a massive mistake at my uni, which has cost me big time. I feel like such an idiot and even though I’m trying to tell myself it’s in the past just learn from it, but it’s eating me away inside and I can’t get it out of my head.

[Deepak-lhud]

I screwed up big time..its hurting me everyday. I m getting into depression.

[sabrinafraser]

Thanks for helping calm my anxiety over my mistake and focus on how it can help me grow!

[mcdev]

Over 90% of people already fail at point 1, to admit it, this is the most important lesson to learn.

[beccaxannxx]

It’s terrible when you make a mistake and you try to own up to it but the person who was affected doesn’t wanna listen to you or your apology. That makes you feel so much worse

[golden_kiwi_]

I just screwed up… and feel really bad. Like I’m just crying because I did overtime for the thing I screwed up & tried my best, but it was the worst.
I packed praline boxes & I messed up everything. My bosses sent the images into the group chat with comments that really stung.

[cmfunk]

I screwed up at work big time and took a minute to say something because of fear of losing my job. I hate the feeling. I’m learning from it.

[parikhparamvishal]

I just fucked up at something and came here to see this how should i have possibly dealt, great to hear !

[BartBruh]

Thanks a lot man. I'm having anxiety attacks from something I screwed up recently and this video definitely gave me some perspective and a path to go follow now. I just needed to hear a voice tell me it was okay, and yours did much more than that. Thank you!

[zxnmmm]

thanks so much! I had a terrible day today I just screwed up the whole thing at work but I was never on denial but I kinda like thinking its my third time to screw up

[morrisax]

I screwed up at work today, it was totally my fault, I was feeling really bad until I watched this video, I admitted my fault to my colleagues and boss they were super kind to me. I hope I don't mess up again. Thanks a lot for this amazing informative video... :)

[italianstallion]

I make mistakes, learn from them, and keep making them later after the motivation wears off. It’s a cycle of self improvement followed by self destruction.

[trishaseal]

Made a bad mistake at an interview. Didn't test my code after the last change, and that broke things but I didn't know about it. So I couldn't present my project.😞 Lesson learnt: ALWAYS test your project after the smallest changes. I can't repair the damage, but I need to remember this for the next time.

[GouAndSotsuWereMistakes]

I've been screwing up at work so much, it's embarrassing.

[sameykhan]

I screwed up big time in my A'levels and repeated my mistakes again, costing me 2 years but honestly I'm finally mature enough to own up to my mistakes and actually work for the better. This video helped me reinforce the idea that my mistake doesn't really mean that I give up on life and be all depressed about it rather work harder and patch the holes of my previous approach.

[ignatiusrolandolaoh]

I made a mistake as a teacher that made one of the children's parents complained and it affected my reputation negatively. This wednesday I will have a meeting with my superior which focuses on my mistake. I had been doing so well at work and gained a lot of positive feedback, this really makes me feel insecure to go back to the office.

[rebeccacasey]

We should not relent much on our mistakes rather we should learn from it.

[mypetgrasshopper]

Thank you. I needed this tonight. It helped me immensely after i made a mistake and i was paralyzed instead i was able to admit and call people that needed to know to limit damage and let the person know i had done this and was apologetic. I took blame and made a suggestion also to prevent the mistake from happening in the future. Lets hope it doesnt destroy me

[werjgf]

I really fucked something up and hurted people without wanting to.I can just
run away from my problem but i want to make them forgive me and trust me again