When you fail, it can be tempting to make excuses. "I didn't have time," "I was the wrong person," "It was too difficult." It's natural to want to say that.
Children who keep growing do not only explain why something happened. They also ask what to change next.
turn excuses into strategies
If you don't have time, start early next time. If it's too difficult, go back one step. Even words that seem like excuses can be useful if you turn them into strategies.
Excuses explain why something did not happen — but they do not help you move forward. When you take full responsibility for your results, even when circumstances were difficult, you develop the mindset of someone who can actually change their situation.
Pick one of your recent excuses and change it to your "next strategy."
At Digital Kodomo BASE, we do not use this to blame for things that didn't go well, but to use it to develop the next step. People who can turn excuses into strategies will grow.