Build credibility by being Wrong!
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(Note: We=myself and others)
I was thinking of this in terms of my marriage and realized the applications for every other type of relationship.
When we are wrong, we have a powerful opportunity to build credibility. (see 3 types of credibility). I/we have this incessant need to avoid being wrong. This is probably because we have no clue how to handle our wrongness.
I’m not good at it, and frankly, very few people are good at it.
Three ways that we’ve handled mistakes:
1) Ignore the wrong, move forward as if we are right.
2) Obsess about the wrong, over-apologize, then bash ourselves.
3) Quickly, sincerely admit the wrong, and apologize.
Somehow we tend to believe that being right is better for credibility (and pride, for that matter) than being wrong. Perhaps we need a paradigm shift.
Being wrong simply makes us human, not unwise or dumb. I have been falling into this trap for far too long. It will take intentionality to change our habits. Being wrong and handling it right is another way to build credibility.
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