I really enjoy when someone is honest with me and tells me how they screwed something up, how they fixed it, and, most important, what they learned from it.
When I was in the environmental consulting biz, I used to attend lots of technical conferences mostly to hang with other geology geeks, but more to learn how to do my job better.
I was forever seeking news ways to clean up my hazardous waste sites faster and more efficiently.....who wasn't. got clients to please and regulators on my back....
but my learning methods were different from my fellow geeks.
every tom, dick, and harry had the latest and greatest technique to clean your site. I never attended these sessions.
i would attend these sessions where the presenter would explain how they blew it. screwed up the site assessment process, engineering design, installation, or operation. Or worse they screwed up everything.
I really learned when they shared what they did not take into account or wished they would have spent money on or a variable they had not considered.
when they shared what they learned....we all were the beneficiaries.
honesty. vulnerability. risk. I love that!
the narrative of the bible is chock full of this sort of stuff. David, Moses, Joshua, Saul, Judas, Peter, John-Mark, etc....all of these characters screwed something up, did complete God's command, or just plain wimped out.
why is it that modern followers of Jesus are so afraid to admit their mistakes, share them, and let other learn from them?
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