- Acknowledge you’ve made a mistake to yourself.
- Think about the mistake. Why did it happen?
- Think about making the same mistake again in the future.
- Acknowledge the mistake, describe it and the damage it caused precisely, apologize to those impacted, suggest how it might be redressed, and then listen.
- Agree on a course of action to address the mistake, and do it.
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