Mistakes are Okay
Basketball is a place in my life where I have naturally made mistakes. In a fast paced game where decisions are made in split seconds, even the biggest superstars in the world like Michael Jordan make mistakes. I have made plenty, and mistakes can be absorbed two ways. You can either accept the mistake and move on, or dwell about it and harm yourself. The most important part about being wrong is learning from it. Fixing mistakes can improve yourself as a person. This idea seems simple enough, but it is quite difficult to do. John Maynard Keynes, British economist and civil servant, expressed this concept during his life of helping the society around him improve. He once said, “There is no harm in being sometimes wrong-especially …show more content…
As an athlete and as a person, I used to get down on myself for doing something wrong. Whenever a mistake occurred in a basketball game, there was fear inside that I would hear something from a teammate or coach. Sometimes that would be the case, and other times it was myself who did the bashing. I couldn’t think of how to fix what I did because I was too busy thinking what is going to happen as a result of that error. Luckily, there were people that helped me learn from my wrongs, like my parents, coaches, certain teammates and friends. A big part to why I’m a much better basketball player today is because I absorbed the errors and used them to fix my skills and habits. Through this practice, I have become a good leader too. As the captain of the team, I am able to help someone accept and recover from their own mistake, an important skill in any team sport and being a leader. This quote connects to me other than sports too. For example, being wrong in front of peers can be daunting. But Keynes’ words fit perfectly, because any mistake I make, I know I can turn it into a learning opportunity rather than becoming timid about
Basketball is a place in my life where I have naturally made mistakes. In a fast paced game where decisions are made in split seconds, even the biggest superstars in the world like Michael Jordan make mistakes. I have made plenty, and mistakes can be absorbed two ways. You can either accept the mistake and move on, or dwell about it and harm yourself. The most important part about being wrong is learning from it. Fixing mistakes can improve yourself as a person. This idea seems simple enough, but it is quite difficult to do. John Maynard Keynes, British economist and civil servant, expressed this concept during his life of helping the society around him improve. He once said, “There is no harm in being sometimes wrong-especially …show more content…
As an athlete and as a person, I used to get down on myself for doing something wrong. Whenever a mistake occurred in a basketball game, there was fear inside that I would hear something from a teammate or coach. Sometimes that would be the case, and other times it was myself who did the bashing. I couldn’t think of how to fix what I did because I was too busy thinking what is going to happen as a result of that error. Luckily, there were people that helped me learn from my wrongs, like my parents, coaches, certain teammates and friends. A big part to why I’m a much better basketball player today is because I absorbed the errors and used them to fix my skills and habits. Through this practice, I have become a good leader too. As the captain of the team, I am able to help someone accept and recover from their own mistake, an important skill in any team sport and being a leader. This quote connects to me other than sports too. For example, being wrong in front of peers can be daunting. But Keynes’ words fit perfectly, because any mistake I make, I know I can turn it into a learning opportunity rather than becoming timid about