The advice I wish I had accepted earlier was to stop being afraid of being corrected

For a long time I took being corrected as something negative. Even when people were trying to help I would feel embarrassed or defensive because I thought making a mistake meant I wasn't smart enough.

Over time I realized that the people who respectfully point out our mistakes are often the ones who help us grow the most. They save us from repeating the same errors and give us a chance to learn something new. Looking back I have learned far more from the times I was wrong than from the times I was right.

Now I actually appreciate honest feedback. I still do not enjoy realizing I made a mistake but I would rather know the truth than stay comfortable with something that is incorrect. Learning has become much easier since I stopped treating being wrong as a personal failure and started seeing it as part of the process.

Has anyone else changed the way they think about being corrected as they got older