The longer you work, the more mistakes you’re going to make. Some will be big, most will be small, and, ideally, all will teach you a valuable lesson. However, in the moment, they never feel quite that small. Instead, they occasionally feel so disastrous that you’re tempted to curl up under your desk and never, ever come out. Well, at least until the disaster blows over and everyone forgets about it. It’s rarely ever as bad as you think it is. Everyone messes up, and then everyone moves on. So, rather than setting up camp under your desk, approach your missteps head on. Read more.