MISTAKE RESPONSE

Sunday was my Son's recital.  Its always fun to watch all the piano and guitar students perform a
wide array of songs.

We always encourage Tobias to do his best and work through mistakes.  While it would be nice if Tobias became a concert pianist, that is not our focus.  Our focus is that Tobias have fun, work hard to be his personal best, learn to work through adversity and stay focused on the task and solutions even when things don't go as planned.

Tobias practiced his songs everyday for the past few months.  He performed the tunes perfectly in rehearsal.  He was so confident that right before the start of the recital Tobias asked his piano teach Graham if he could perform an additional song.  In his excitement to perform, he made some mistakes.  Watch the videos below (first the rehearsal, then the actual performance) and observe his mistake response.  He doesn't miss a beat!! He goes right on as if no mistake was made.  He solves the problem and successfully performs all three songs.  Interestingly enough, most of the students had little hiccups in their performances.  What impressed me most was how all of them worked through the little problems and persevered and accomplished the task.  They demonstrated a great mistake response.

How do you respond and react when you make mistakes?  How do you respond and react when your constituents make errors?  What can you learn from the attached mistake response from this seven year old boy?

Deeper question, how has your discomfort with making mistakes affected the goals you have pursued in life?