Comments on: Did I Make a Mistake? http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake a blog about the connected age Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Anne 2.0 » Blog Archive » Mistakes Were Made, Christmas Cookie Edition http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-810 Anne 2.0 » Blog Archive » Mistakes Were Made, Christmas Cookie Edition Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:56:58 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-810 [...] Did I Make a Mistake? [...] […] Did I Make a Mistake? […]

]]> By: Ari Davidow http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-809 Ari Davidow Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:22:26 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-809 Thanks. For years I have been saying that you need to live with your life such that when you look back you can say, "I made the best decision I could at the time, and that is good enough". And then head on out to make new ones ;-). Second-guessing yourself for not understanding then that you would know or understand more later - or later be looking through a different prism at "truth" is - oppressive. Time to move on! Thanks. For years I have been saying that you need to live with your life such that when you look back you can say, “I made the best decision I could at the time, and that is good enough”. And then head on out to make new ones ;-).

Second-guessing yourself for not understanding then that you would know or understand more later - or later be looking through a different prism at “truth” is - oppressive. Time to move on!

]]> By: Juliette http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-808 Juliette Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:24:22 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-808 This is a great explanation of the power of not judging and how if you can't be certain, at least you can be yourself. This is a great explanation of the power of not judging and how if you can’t be certain, at least you can be yourself.

]]> By: leisa reichelt http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-807 leisa reichelt Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:56:45 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-807 I think one of the most important things I ever learned about design is that making mistakes can be one of the best things you can do. It's a really important way to learn. In fact, I just finished presenting a whole bunch of work to a client today and a lot of what we showed them was our mistakes... things that we got wrong along the way. Why? Because it makes where we ended up seem logical. And it shows that we're able to differentiate between when something works well and when it doesn't. It takes the mystique out of the design process. By making mistakes we learn more about how things work. I think that life gets so much better when you realise that being right all the time is just not possible. (If it is, your life must be pretty damn boring.) I think one of the most important things I ever learned about design is that making mistakes can be one of the best things you can do. It’s a really important way to learn.

In fact, I just finished presenting a whole bunch of work to a client today and a lot of what we showed them was our mistakes… things that we got wrong along the way.

Why? Because it makes where we ended up seem logical. And it shows that we’re able to differentiate between when something works well and when it doesn’t. It takes the mystique out of the design process.

By making mistakes we learn more about how things work.

I think that life gets so much better when you realise that being right all the time is just not possible. (If it is, your life must be pretty damn boring.)

]]> By: james governor http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-806 james governor Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:57:14 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/12/did-i-make-a-mistake#comment-806 I think Tara makes a great point: "Not having enough faith in myself earlier on"... Keep faith in yourself, and the rest, in my experience, falls into place. We should probably both take Kathy's advice this week - "hmmmm, how interesting" http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/12/two_more_words_.html I think Tara makes a great point: “Not having enough faith in myself earlier on”… Keep faith in yourself, and the rest, in my experience, falls into place. We should probably both take Kathy’s advice this week - “hmmmm, how interesting”
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/12/two_more_words_.html

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