Episode Details

Mistakes come in many forms. Some are humorous like the furniture store that unwittingly offered, "Free: one night stand, when you purchase a bed!" Or the church marquee that read, "Don't let worries kill you, let the church help."  But other blunders, often the ones we commit ourselves, are anything but funny.

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Perhaps you can identify with some of these:

• Missing an appointment with a client
• Sending someone the wrong product
• Showing up late for an important meeting
• Calling someone by the wrong name
• Sending out an email with typos in it
• Confidently stating something publicly, only to discover later you were wrong
• Drawing a complete blank when meeting someone who insists they know you
• Failing to make a payment on time to an affiliate or contractor
• Finding out that you've offended someone

And sometimes much more serious blunders occur with significant consequences. For instance, in the Clinton—Lewinsky scandal in the 90s, then-President Bill Clinton committed a huge moral blunder in his sexual encounters with Monica Lewinsky. If those weren't bad enough, what really upset the public was his blatant lies and twisting of the truth under oath. The more he lied, the greater the scandal became. Consequently, he lost all respect, integrity, and trust with the American people, resulting in his impeachment.

Spiritual Foundations

Tony Robbins says that It's not a mistake if you learn from it. What does the Bible say about making mistakes?

"For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity." Proverbs 24: 16

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me." Philippians 3:12

"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.  Only let us live up to what we have already attained." –Philippians 3:14-16

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."- Isaiah 43: 18-19

Feature Presentation "How to Recover From Big Mistakes Gracefully"

While this is an extreme example of a blunder, there's a lesson there for all of us. Committing a blunder and responding poorly can have catastrophic consequences.