How we learn from mistakes makes a huge difference in our learning curve!
by Eduardo Briceño
"We can deepen our own and our students’ understanding of mistakes,
which are not all created equal, and are not always desirable. After
all, our ability to manage and learn from mistakes is not fixed. We can
improve it.
Here are two quotes about mistakes that I like and use, but that can
also lead to confusion if we don’t further clarify what we mean:
“A life spent making mistakes is not only most honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing” – George Bernard Shaw
“It is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error, to
treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a
purpose which it truly has.” – Maria Montessori"
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While this article leans toward humor - I have long believed that there
is a parallel between toddlers and teens. Both are working to
understand themselves and their environment separately from their
parents. Both struggle with vocabulary (toddlers understanding words
and teens understanding their emotions) 
"How is it that some people come back from crushing defeats while others
simply give in? Why does adversity make some people and teams stronger
and render others ineffective?"
"To help de-stigmatize the concept of following, leadership
should be taught as a kind of partnership between those in charge and
those going along. If the group is gathered to achieve some central
purpose, and all are united in reaching that goal, then leaders and
followers should willingly shift roles depending on the task at hand and
their relative competencies. The group revolves around the mission, in
other words, rather than any one leader." 
