The 7 Secrets About Yourself That Could Destroy Your Dignity If Revealed—Are You Sharing Them?
2) Past mistakes you’ve already outgrown
We’ve all made mistakes—bad decisions, embarrassing moments, things we wish we could take back. And while learning from them is important, constantly bringing them up can keep you stuck in the past.
I used to talk a lot about a job I got fired from early in my career. I thought sharing the story made me seem relatable, like I had overcome a tough setback.
But over time, I realized that bringing it up too often made people see me as someone still defined by that failure, rather than the person I had become since then.
