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From missteps to milestones: Conquering mistakes

In general, responses showed that while beginner students sought positive reinforcement, advanced students were more eager for critical feedback. Researchers have theorized a number of explanations for these results--beginner students are still determining if they enjoy learning French and if they want to continue studying, so they might crave praise as a way to stay motivated; on the other hand, the advanced students are already invested, so they may want to improve their skills as efficiently as possible.The process of gaining expertise also comes with its fair share of failure, so advanced students may have built a higher tolerance for making mistakes. But whether you're an expert or novice, it's usually much more straightforward to learn from your successes than your failures. For example, imagine getting your grade back on an exam. If you aced it, you could reasonably assume you made good choices around when, what, and how much to study; in cases like this, it's unclear exactly what went wrong, making it difficult to learn how to improve. Wanting to learn from our failures is completely natural--there's a lot to gain by being resilient and cultivating a growth mindset--but fixating on our failures can make it easy to forget all our successes. And building on what we're doing right can be more effective than focusing on what we did wrong. God sees you not through the lens of your mistakes, but through the lens of His grace. When He looks at you, He sees the finished work of Jesus Christ. Consider this: if they didn't create you, they can't define you. My creator is my mirror. I'm striving to stay as composed as possible. When God revealed to me that my maker is my mirror, I thought of Moses standing before the burning bush. God said, "I will use you. You're the one, despite your conflicted identity and numerous mistakes."