Learn to say sorry if you believe you made a mistake and openly acknowledge

This can be very easy or very difficult. It all lies in how you manage your ego. Whenever you make a mistake, your conscience will know that fact. The point is – In your mind, there is no confusion on whether you made a mistake. Now, moving onto the next step, when the situation arises to acknowledge your mistake, I strongly recommend to accept it and apologize if someone is hurt by your actions. There are many advantages of this simple acceptance of mistake:

1. You will get rid of the guilty feeling.

2. You will not have to create complicated and convoluted stories to prove that you are right, when you know you are not right. This causes lot of stress and at the end of the day, people will see through it and your situation will be no better.

3. You will help in reducing the hurt of the person/s who were impacted by your mistake.

4. You will act as a role model to youngsters around you (Ex: Your Children)

5. You will be more careful in future and avoid making similar mistakes.

But trust me, this is not easy if you are not used to it. Human ego can be as big as Mount Everest. You will read more about human ego in Level 3. For now, let us just try to recognize that you do not have anything that justifies a huge ego.

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I have personally experienced the relief of apologizing and recommend you to try it!