Mistake at work (please make me feel better!)

[bleurghhhhh]

Today I was in a meeting (virtual) and was asked a question which tbh I wasn't sure of the answer so just said yes. Turns out I was wrong and my manager who was on the call, set the record straight, by answering with the correct answer "no... and the reason why". There were 8 people on the call.

I won't get into what it actually was as it's complicated and boring!

But now I feel like I've lost credibility and looked like I didn't know what I was talking about (which is sort of true). It's not a major thing and hasn't got any repercussions, but I still feel really annoyed with myself and I just think I looked stupid. Urgh.

If anyone has any words to make me feel better I would really really appreciate them!

Don’t worry about it, everyone makes mistakes. I’m sure everyone else on the call will have forgotten about it before as soon as the call ended.

Everyone else will have just got on with their day, I promise they’re not sitting there thinking oh she’s so stupid.

You could change perspective.
Your manager was there and corrected you.
They are the manager, paid more, more experience.
How about thanking your boss for picking that up next time you meet.

It's ok to be wrong.

It is fine to say "I'm not sure, I would have to get back to you on that", or similar, where we are not sure.

Don't beat yourself up.
Just take the lesson.
I don't know everything.
No one knows everything OP!
(Some think they do and they are the worst company around!)

Isn't it great to have a place like MN where we can sort through this stuff.

Have a good day

Thank you both, I'm trying to tell myself no one will care too! Or at worst they'll be thinking.. well atleast it wasn't me who made a mistake!

I dwell a lot on these things, it's an annoying trait!

Sounds like me every week. Everyone makes mistakes but if you don't know just say so, there is no shame in not knowing an answer if you are willing to go and look it up afterwards.

If you don’t know the answer you can’t ‘just say yes’. I’ve always told people that work for me I’d rather they said they didn’t know but that they’d follow up after the meeting.
If it was similar questions over and over again then there’s another issue at play but it’s ok to say you don’t know.

If I told you some of the mistakes I've made... Don't worry about it! I agree with @Onacleardayyoucansee, it's important to remember you can say you're not sure or need to check. Also important to remember that everyone makes mistakes, and probably none of those 8 people on the call will even remember yours tomorrow.

Thank you I don't really know what happened, I just felt a bit overwhelmed. It was something I really ought to have known. I doubt anyone else on the call is thinking about it, but I do think my manager might be thinking

No one will think anything of it. The point of inviting multiple people to a meeting is to pool knowledge and experience. If one person was expected to have all the answers, there'd be no need for a meeting.

I promise no one would have thought anything else of it after the meeting. Next time though if you don’t know, say that you don’t but that you’ll find out and get qckcto them, or open the question up in he meeting to others ie your boss who might know! :)

Reflect learnmove on. Agree with saying you dont know and will find out. It's ok to not know everything you're human