When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don't give your chain to jerks!
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
You can't use stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry to deal with your stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry. It's like pulling up to a burning building with a flame thrower. The energy of the problem can't be the energy behind a successful solution.
Mistakes are just 'mis-takes,' or an action that we took that missed.
Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.