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Why some faux pas make us smarter and happier
In love with the wrong man? Get lost in something or fail in the job? OK then! Because these "defeats" make not only smarter in the long term, but also happier.
It feels so good to be right. It does not matter if it's the right answer for the "Trivial Pursuit". Or the satisfaction that the partner got lost, even though we had to go in the other direction (but he did not want to hear us). However, if we make a mistake ourselves, we feel ashamed, hurt or guilty. It is not for nothing that "erring is human". Everyone is wrong - and that's a good thing. Mistakes are a prerequisite for our happiness. Without them, we would never learn or change for the better. They ensure that we can feel ourselves in others. After all, anyone who has ever messed up knows how it is and can forgive more easily. Through a defeat we gain experience. And the more we have of it, the smarter decisions we can make. If you belong to the faction that constantly spills tomato sauce on your shirt and does not let it out, you should know that people who experience such mishaps and can laugh about them are not only more sympathetic, but also more attractive. This found out several US studies. So: Bye, perfection! Hello, faux pas!
In the gallery you will find ten mistakes that every woman should have made.
