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- Nov 07, 2020
Mistakes Quotes
On mistakes made, owned, and left behind.
This collection focuses on mistakes as part of learning - practicing a new piece and inevitably getting parts of it wrong along the way. Related reading: Better.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes.
- Brokerage
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokerage firms; there will always be people who set out to deceive the regulators and even deceive their own senior management.
- Not Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It's so weird.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
While all Republicans acknowledge that there were mistakes made during the Bush Administration, again the continuous pointing a finger at President Bush has gotten tiresome.
- Causing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two giant housing-finance institutions made many mistakes over the decades, some of them real whoppers, but causing house prices to soar and then crater during the past decade weren't among them.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very good at making mistakes, so I realized that I should embrace mistakes and learn from them.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until traditional education makes them afraid of making mistakes. The long-term value of making for kids is in learning to become an active participant in the world around them rather than a consumer of prepackaged products and solutions.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're trained in school to equate mistakes with bad grades - something to be avoided at all costs. The alpha makers were somehow able to dodge that. They think that mistakes are just part of the creative process and maybe even the best way to learn.
- Critical Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming up with a way to fix mistakes challenges your creativity and your critical thinking skills and your resourcefulness. Often you end up with something better than what you planned on in the first place.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scott Adams is not only a world-famous cartoonist, he's also a world-class failure. And he's the first to admit it. In his new book, 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big,' the Dilbert creator explains how failure can lead to success if you develop the right skills to make the most of your mistakes.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can never, ever worry about making mistakes or things like that. I'm going to go out and play ball, and that's what I do.
- Edge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
- Demoralized
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020