"Don't worry about it."

When you show up to lead, sooner or later, you might end up doing something that'd be a mistake. It might be an assertion that didn't pan out or an initiative that didn't get traction or sometimes even something that just slipped by your attention.

The industrial culture has trained us to be afraid of making a mistake. We are taught that it's better not to do anything than to do something wrong. Of course, then, when we make a mistake, it's likely that we'd like to slow down or even halt to avoid making another one.

Instead, if we are told (or we choose to tell ourselves), "Don't worry about it", it changes the whole paradigm. It allows us to continue taking risks, continue making assertions and continue leading.

And it also allows us to continue making mistakes.