I know I make an ass out of myself far, far too often. And while a trickster can laugh off his folly, I am not so lucky. I tend to dwell on my shortcomings for years. There's something really attractive about trickster figures like Puck. Tricksters don't dwell on things.
Tricksters keep making the same mistakes, over and over.
Jungians think of the trickster as the hero in adolescence. Well, in some ways, it's great to keep a youthful, child-like side. Too many adults lose something precious when they grow up. Having said all this about the trickster archetype, I must say it's wrong to associate too strongly with an archetype. Even the complex, contradictory nature of the trickster is two-dimensional.