People hand responsibility to the ones who own their mistakes, not the ones who never seem to make any.

Nobody quite believes a spotless record. What a flawless history actually signals is either very little attempted or very little reported, and both make you a risk to rely on. Someone who says what went wrong early is predictable, and predictable is the quality people are really looking for when they decide who gets the harder job.

Report one small thing you got wrong this week before anyone asks, with the fix attached. Keep it brief and unapologetic. That habit builds a reputation that cannot be talked into existence.