So you know how they say a little stubbornness is a good thing? Well normally that's true, but today I learned an expensive lesson that proved that's not always the case...
I was working on a project that I wasn't completely familiar with and instead of admitting that to myself, I kept pushing and pushing until I got completely frustrated and ended up wasting a lot of time on something that I didn't even finish!
Now I actually consider stubbornness to be one of my good traits because it pushes me to learn new things and see them through, but sometimes that stubbornness can be my downfall because I will keep going even when I know I should stop. It served no purpose for me today to keep working on a project that I knew I couldn't finish but I didn't want to admit that, so I kept going.
The time I wasted on this project could have been spent doing other things and what this taught me is that it's okay to admit when I don't know how to do something; it doesn't take anything away from me as a person or as businesswoman; as a matter of fact it makes me a better person because I recognize my limits.
That's not to say that I won't take the time to learn or try new things, but I need to do that on my own time and on my own schedule. Believe it or not this was much easier for me to admit to my client than it was to
myself and once again that was due to my stubbornness, or should I say pride; it was an expensive lesson I will never forget!
