I did google this quote after I thought of it. I wanted to see if I had actually thought of this or if I had read it and forgotten. A slightly vain attempt in wanting to be original and profound, but it looks like I am, today at least.
While there were results of a similar nature in the questions being asked on websites like quora and reddit, none of these had phrased it quite like above.
So, thought for the day ‘Do not share your successes if you are not willing to show your mistakes’ .
Here’s how I personally interpret the above sentence.
Story Time
If you have seen our tiktoks, our YouTube channel, or read anything on our blog, you would know that we are trying to broadcast and circulate positive vibes and give generalized information on subjects that interest us while working on other projects (to be revealed at another time).
One of the things I am doing is a 5d diamond painting, while videoing myself so that we have something going on in the background of our videos as we are informing you on our latest subject of interest.
Now, while doing this diamond by numbers I have chosen to complete it in what some would consider an unconventional manner. Irritating to some, I’m sure the comment section will tell me.
But this is my way of doing it.
It is not the wrong way, just not how others would prefer, or how they would do it themselves. This got me thinking, about many craft project videos I’ve seen over the years.
There’s more often than not, complete strangers, getting worked up over a video that they don’t have to watch. They can’t control the way it is being done because it has already happened. Instead they sit behind a screen criticizing or being negative about something that not all of them have even tried themselves.
The ironic thing is that they are completely missing the point of the video. People, me included are trying something new and different. Getting out of our comfort zone and of spreading positive vibes.
Stay with me here, I’m now getting to the meaning.
I could have spent hours editing the video, only showing the work that I did perfectly with no mistakes and crank up the audio to give you an ASMR experience. The original vision was along these lines, click click click of the diamonds, while Lauran does a voice over. But, I didn’t want to do that, I wanted to show that I was starting something new. I was going to struggle. I wanted to show that I wasn’t going to get it perfect right from the start because if I can’t show that, then I don’t deserve to show the end result when it’s completed.
When I have put all that hard work in to get something beautiful at the end of it while also giving other people a road map on what not to do or a way to approach things.
The Journey is as Important as the Outcome
By showing my mistakes (as you can tell by this point it is no longer about the painting) and my improvements, it shows, that in everything we do, there is a journey.
There will be some people going through life, seeing the mistakes of others and expecting that they will not make those same mistakes. These people are headstrong and often I am one of them, I have to find things out for myself. There is nothing wrong with being headstrong, in fact, I have often found that I learn more easily from making mistakes than seeing them at a distance.
However, there will be others who take heed of the things I have learned by showing what not to do. They will observe and try an alternative approach to achieve either an equal or better result.
The very words of the sentence do not share your successes, simply mean don’t boast about something if you are not willing to show how you got there.
The point is, to learn. Show you’re learning so when you are successful you can appreciate every part of the journey and how it has shaped your experience, not just the good bits.
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