The article "How To Handle An Embarassing Moment" is about coaching, it has been written by Jillian Hurley.
It turns out size does matter! It's not the size of your faux pas, it is the magnitude of your reaciton. Three times that week, I've observed trluy embarrassing situations. In two of the cases, the offender made a simple apology held their head high and moved on.In the tihrd situation, the faux pas was smaller, but the reaction was louder, less mature and accusatory. Which misatke do you think will be remembered? When someone handles a mistake with dignity, it is a simple reminder that we are all human. It's humbling and we instnatly think empathy.Oh, but it turns ugly once blame and drama enter into the picture.
If forces us to magnify the mistake, to look at it through a microscope and run the embarrassing moment over and over in our head. It becomes a mini movie.Handling a faux pas with dignity lets everybody off the hook. It lets the moment pass and rids our obesrvers of the empathetic embarrassment we all think in an awkward situation. It takes the focus off of the awwkard moment and puts it onto your recovery in the situation.Spend time today observing someone you admire.
Chances are, they'll make as many misatkes as the rest of us.
The difference, they'll learn from them, move on, apologize promptly when necessary and shake it off. If the faux pas is truly egregious, they'll write a note, send flowers or make a call after...What they will not do is make us all participate by standing around waiting for the moment to pass.Today's affirmation, "I am in touch with my humanity and the humanity of others.
I will learn from my mistakes, quickly rectify the situation and move on. No slumping shoulders or averted eyes for me.
I'm in life to learn the lessons not to add to the drama."Jillian Hurley, Editor http://www.AmericanBeautyAdvisor.Com
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