Communication
own your mistake
accept responsibility for a mistake
If you own your mistake, you accept responsibility for doing something wrong instead of making excuses.
Hear it in real life
Are you going to blame the software?
No, I need to own my mistake.
A good manager can own a mistake and explain how they will fix it.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to own my mistake up.
Say: I need to own my mistake.
In this sense, “own” takes the mistake directly; “own up” needs “to” before what you admit.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
own your mistake; own a mistake
Your turn: say it out loud
A good manager can own a mistake and explain how they will fix it.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
own your mistake
accept responsibility for a mistake
“A good manager can own a mistake and explain how they will fix it.”
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