Why admitting mistakes is very important, yet difficult for consultants

After a couple of heated discussions with my manager, I realise its tough for consultants to properly learn.

Why consultants dun learn?

1) They have big fat egos. They are usually the top students in their class or business schools. They received high and good education. Some of them are headhunted or talent spotting.

2) They believe they are intelligent. Some of them are mensa members. They read a lot of books and claim more theories. Of course, they also claim they can analyse better.

3) They master the art of blame-storming. Every mistake can be attributed to some factor other than themselves. This art is important. It can be a life and death skill to get a consultant out of an embarresing situation when caught with a mistake during live presentation or engagement.

Hence, its hard for consultants to learn properly, except from someone who is a more senior guru.

I wonders if I will make this mistake when I grow older.

Hence, its better to remind myself to admit to my mistakes every now and then.

My learning and humbling process:

Admit my mistakes
Analyse my mistakes (hey, I am still a consultant okie? I need to analyse!!)
Learn from my mistakes
Do not repeat my mistakes
Share my mistakes with others so that they can learn from my mistakes (that will get rid of my fat ego, I suppose)

What do you think o f my process?