{"id":2798,"date":"2020-11-20T23:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T22:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T10:03:38","slug":"mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/de\/mistakes","title":{"rendered":"How to learn from mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interview und Fotografie von Nadine Wilmanns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How to learn from mistakes<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Isn`t it that our own mistakes are our best teachers? Yet, I still dread to make mistakes. And on top of that, I often feel like I haven`t learned at all, thinking: \u2018Oh no, I should know by now \u2013 why have I made this mistake AGAIN?\u2019<\/p>

Therefore, I have now started collecting my photography mistakes in a notebook. But actually, no – and here`s the trick: It`s more like I`m collecting learning lessons, solutions, or advice. After each photo shoot, I review everything. From the planning to the photoshoot itself, to post-processing and communication with people in the process. I then think about how I can improve. Basically, I`m giving myself advice. Or I`m asking fellow photographers or talk to other people to hear their advice. And then I note this down. Together with the date and the name of the photoshoot so I can remember the precise situation.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Collecting lessons<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I wouldn’t write down the “negative” like: \u201cShouldn`t have stayed in that bad light when photographing that person.” But I would note down the solution: \u201cWhen the light isn`t good, I can ask for two minutes to myself to look for better options.\u201d This way, I`m turning mistakes straight into learning. And by noting it down it`s more likely to stay with me. Plus, I can scroll through the pages before a photoshoot to remind myself of relevant things to consider.<\/p>

Another side effect of these notes: I\u00b4m not so terribly scared of making mistakes anymore. Because I can effectively turn them into learnt lessons in my notebook \u2013 in fact, I`m now collecting them. Not that I would make mistakes on purpose, of course. But when they happen, I now can finally see them more as opportunities for learning. This as well makes it easier to get over these mistakes quickly, and not giving myself a hard time for having made them. Because I feel I`m actively doing something to improve.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Someone once told me a story about a teacher of people who are to be trained to sell stuff. (I think I have shared this story before, but it really fits here, so here it is again). This teacher sends his students out for a competition: They all should knock on people’s doors to sell stuff. The one who collects the most rejections in one week is the winner.<\/p>

I found this story really encouraging: We don`t need to run from rejection \u2013 and not from mistakes either. Instead, we can say: ‘Oh, I can learn something here.’ And: ‘I am on the way of making progress.’ Rejection as well as mistakes are part of the job (and part of life really). The braver we are, the more we try with faith instead of fear, the more we experience, and the more we learn and grow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Aus Fehlern lernen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sind nicht unsere eigenen Fehler unsere besten Lehrer? Trotzdem graut es mir immer ein bisschen davor, Fehler zu machen. Und au\u00dferdem habe ich oft das Gef\u00fchl gar nichts gelernt zu haben und denke: \u201aOh nein, ich sollte das doch inzwischen besser wissen \u2013 warum hab ich diesen Fehler nun schon wieder gemacht?\u2018<\/p>

Deswegen habe ich jetzt damit begonnen, meine Fotografie- Fehler in einem Notizbuch zu sammeln. Also nein, eigentlich sammle ich nicht meine Fehler \u2013 und hier ist der Trick: Ich sammle eher L\u00f6sungen oder Ratschl\u00e4ge an mich selbst. Nach jedem Fotoshooting gehe ich alles nochmal durch: Von der Planung, \u00fcber das Fotoshooting selbst, zur Nachbearbeitung und der Kommunikation mit denen, die beteiligt waren. Und ich \u00fcberlege, wie ich was besser machen kann. Ich berate mich also selbst. Oder ich frage befreundete Fotografen oder rede mit anderen, um deren Rat zu h\u00f6ren. Und dann schreibe ich das auf, zusammen mit dem Datum und Namen des Fotoshootings, damit mir eine konkrete Situation dazu im Kopf bleibt.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lektionen sammeln<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ich schreibe nicht das “Negative” auf, also\u00a0 beispielsweise nicht: \u201cIch h\u00e4tte mit der Person, die ich fotografiert habe, nicht in diesem schlechten Licht bleiben sollen.\u201c Sondern ich notiere mir eine L\u00f6sung: \u201eWenn es nur schlechtes Licht gibt, kann ich um 2 Minuten Zeit f\u00fcr mich fragen, um mich nach besseren Optionen umzuschauen.” So werden Fehler direkt in Ratschl\u00e4gen und Lernerfahrungen umgewandelt. Dadurch, dass ich das aufschreibe, kann ich es mir besser merken. Und ich kann vor einem Fotoshooting nochmal durch die Notizen bl\u00e4ttern, um mich an Dinge zu erinnern, die ich beachten muss.<\/p>

Noch ein Effekt ist: Ich habe nicht mehr so sehr Angst davor, Fehler zu machen. Weil ich sie in effektive Lektionen in meinem Notizbuch verwandeln kann \u2013 ich sammle sie sogar. Nat\u00fcrlich mache ich nicht absichtlich Fehler. Aber wenn sie passieren, kann ich sie endlich als Gelegenheiten zum Lernen sehen. Das macht es gleichzeitig einfacher, schnell \u00fcber diese Fehler hinwegzukommen. Und mir selbst nicht das Leben mit Selbstkritik schwer zu machen. Immerhin habe ich das Gef\u00fchl, dass ich aktiv etwas mache, um besser zu werden.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Es gibt eine Geschichte von einem Lehrer mit Studenten, die lernen sollen Dinge zu verkaufen.\u00a0 (Ich hab sie glaub ich schon mal in einem Post erz\u00e4hlt, aber sie passt hier so gut, dass ich sie nochmal erz\u00e4hle). Dieser Lehrer schickt alle seine Sch\u00fcler in einen Wettbewerb: Alle sollen bei irgendwelchen Leuten an deren T\u00fcren klopfen und ihnen etwas verkaufen. Derjenige, der die meisten Absagen bekommt, ist der Gewinner.<\/p>

Mich hat diese Geschichte total motiviert. Wir brauchen\u00a0 vor Ablehnung nicht wegzurennen \u2013 und auch nicht von unseren Fehlern. Stattdessen k\u00f6nnen wir sagen: ‘Ah, da kann ich was lernen.’\u00a0 Ablehnung genauso wie Fehler sind Teil des Jobs (und des Lebens). Je mutiger wir sind, je mehr wir mit Offenheit und Vertrauen statt mir Angst ausprobieren und versuchen, desto mehr Erfahrungen k\u00f6nnen wir sammeln und desto mehr k\u00f6nnen wir lernen und besser werden.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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