How do your respond when you make a mistake? Many people waste a lot of energy berating themselves when they do something wrong or have an error in judgement.
When you make a mistake, own up and look for ways to correct what you’ve done wrong.
Focus on what you can learn from the error.
Eliminated the negative.
If you have or could have harmed someone with your mistake, own up to it, make amends by apologizing, learn the lesson, commit to not repeating it, and then let it go.
Understand, the emotional energy expended being unkind to yourself could be better invested in finding a solution to problems created by your mistakes.