The Wisdom of Ted Lasso
One of my favorite scenes in Ted Lasso was when Ted called Sam off the soccer field who had made a mistake in the game. He noticed that Sam was hanging on to that mistake, and it was affecting the rest of the game.
He gave Sam some good coaching advice. "You know what the happiest animal on Earth is? It's a goldfish. You know why? Got a 10-second memory. Be a goldfish, Sam.”
What would our lives be like if we could be more like Goldfish and let our mistakes just roll up behind us and disappear?
Of course, that’s an exaggeration because our mistakes are our friends if we allow ourselves to learn from them. But maybe we’re keeping them around long after they’ve outlived their usefulness.