“You should know better”. Maybe.

Maybe I’ve made the mistake before and should have learned.

Maybe I haven’t.

In which case now, post-mistake, not only should I know better, I must know better.

If I’m a leader, I’m also duty-bound to try to pass on to others the things I know better, based on my own mistakes.

That won’t always mean they know better.

But they will once they’ve made the mistake.


This post first appeared on my Linkedin profile.