We all make mistakes. Messing things up every now and again is just part of the human condition. Despite one’s best intentions, life is simply filled with minor missteps, omissions and silly errors. And, yes, even big blunders occur from time-to-time.

That said: What we do in the moments right after we make a mistake determines how well we recover and gather the strength, insight and determination to make things right.

Here are five simple practices that you can adopt and master to make those messy moments more bearable:

1. Give It A Name: One of the best practices that you can implement is to give a mistake a name. We accomplish two very important things by doing this: We acknowledge an error has been made and, we open the door to take responsibility for it.

This practice helps us avoid finger-pointing and excuse making. In turn, by avoiding these, we free-up more energy for mistake correction.

2. Time-Box the Self-Pity: One of the first things that we feel when we discover that we made a error is grief. Sure, we may get angry, even scared,........

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