ADMITTING MISTAKES
"YESTERDAY there teas a discussiori after dinner between the men and women of the party whether it was wise or not to admit you were wrong when you had found you had made a mistake. Some said it was a gesture of weakness to express regret; that it never got very far, and that , in the long run. you looked a rather sorry figure, and lost some prestige. It was astonishing to find so many who believed that that teas the best position to take up. One quiet individual , sitting rather in the shadow, spoke up and said that he thought that, in the long run, you added to your prestige by expressing your regret. That people liked you for it, trusted you more , and returned your courtesy with consideration in many things. He teas right. It's a shortsighted view to be obstinate and too proud to admit your error. You stop your own development , material and intellectual. To deceive yourself—that J s what you really do — by refusing to express regret for a mistake, marks you as a person with limitation, suppresses confidence and trust from those who know your shortcoming. And you bring a false condition into your mind that no amount of will-power can ever eradicate. “Own up ” is a jolly good old slogan.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 258, 21 January 1928, Page 18
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219ADMITTING MISTAKES Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 258, 21 January 1928, Page 18
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