How to deal with making a stupid - but totally unimportant - mistake and feeling like an idiot? I can’t shake the feeling, even though I know it doesn’t have an impact on anything.

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It is an awful feeling. I remember a time when I made a totally stupid and unimportant mistake and I let it get to me. What got me past it: talking to a more senior attorney I trusted. He assured me that the best attorneys make stupid mistakes, decent attorneys make the same stupid mistake twice, and bad attorneys make stupid mistakes then blame someone else. In other words, learn from it and know you aren’t the only one who makes mistakes.

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Just give it some time. And don’t worry no one thought you were perfect. You didn’t shatter anyone’s image or expectations of you by making a stupid mistake. Make a note, learn, and move forward. Soon enough your focus will be on another matter or minor mistake.

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