{"id":3925,"date":"2022-01-31T16:58:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/?p=3925"},"modified":"2023-04-06T18:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T02:00:49","slug":"dont-correct-unless-it-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/blog\/dont-correct-unless-it-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Correct Unless It Counts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3925\" class=\"elementor elementor-3925\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-016ef41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"016ef41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c7e363\" data-id=\"8c7e363\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91ca883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91ca883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all have that friend, family member, or colleague who constantly makes tiny mistakes or mispronounces words.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before leaping at the opportunity to correct them \u2014 especially on a minor thing \u2014 ask yourself one question: does it really matter?<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unless that person has invited your feedback or those minuscule mistakes are causing confusion or harm or are having a multiplying negative impact or, the best option may be to let it go.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Habitually correcting someone on the inconsequential can do more harm than good. It can leave people feeling belittled, embarrassed, and hesitant to contribute. It can get in the way of developing strong connections and fracture relationships.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, unless the mistake is truly consequential, resist the urge to correct.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, focus on building a positive and supportive relationship with that person. After all, we all make mistakes \u2014 it&#8217;s what makes us human.<\/span><\/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>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before leaping at the opportunity to correct someone, ask yourself this one question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,7,5,14,13,3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-change","category-collaboration","category-communication","category-empathy","category-facilitation","category-inclusion-and-belonging","category-leadership","category-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wrong.png?fit=674%2C464&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3925"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3936,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions\/3936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}