Learning From Mistakes

This article outlines my journey from struggling with multiple learning disabilities to recognizing my unique abilities as a strength. It explains how leveraging my personality, interests, and instincts helped me build self-confidence and achieve success as an entrepreneur and leader.

Mistakes are often perceived negatively, seen as costly and unacceptable. However, each mistake holds valuable lessons, especially new ones.

Shizu Okusa ran her first company for eight years but never made enough money. When she founded Apothékary, she knew what she had to do differently.

Use these tips to create a safe space for constructive failure in your organization.

Each entrepreneur faces their own hurdles. Here are a few common ones women experience most.

Mistakes are unpleasant and can be embarrassing. If acknowledged and dealt with in a timely manner, they can become a good source of learning and experience.

Many leaders struggle to find their footing, and may make mistakes along their journey. Here are a few you might be making yourself.

Too often, we think a leader has to be right. But these businesses transformed when their leaders realized they'd had it wrong all along.

Identifying who you serve and concentrating your marketing efforts where your message will be heard establishes your offering, builds your brand, and strengthens your competitive advantage.

Don't let mistakes with simple fixes hold you back from growing your business. Here's what to avoid.

Are you going to look at failure as the end, or are you going to take what didn't work as a lesson and do better? It all depends on your attitude.

Our problems are in the past, but solving them is what we can do today.

How to short-circuit defensiveness and resentment and instead accept and apply tough input for the betterment of your company, and yourself.

Don't make these same mistakes entrepreneurs will often make in their sales strategy that could end up costing you your business.

Innovative entrepreneurs watch and learn from their competition. Here's how to do it inexpensively and make the most of what you learn.

The secret to success in entrepreneurship is discipline.

To avoid financial mistakes in your small business, you must take a few steps now to prevent it from going under. These six financial mistakes can destroy a small business before it even gets off the ground!

Launching any business is complex, and a cafe is no exception. Learn from these mistakes to ensure business success.

You might keep making new mistakes, but never repeat an old one.

Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone knows how to turn them into learning opportunities. Instead of falling back on the choices to either "forgive and forget" or punish harshly, here are some ways to effectively tackle conflict head on.

Reading isn't the only way to improve your ability to learn.