because we all make mistakes
It’s helpful to think in terms of: it’s only play. We’re here to play. We’re here to have fun. And to use the feedback of, you know, sometimes failure is the thing you need to know to get to where you’re going. So if you try to solve a problem 10 ways and they all fail, you can either decide I’m a failure or you can decide, okay, I’m now 10
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To encourage trial and error, set a goal for the minimum number of mistakes you want to make per day or per week. When you expect to stumble, you ruminate about it less—and improve more.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Create a "failure resume". Document your mistakes and what you learned from them. This helps normalize failure and turn it into a powerful tool for growth. You'll read it and be reminded
How to win in your 20s
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
How to Turn Your Flaws into Advantages
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you cannot learn from my mistakes, only from your own. I want to encourage, not discourage, your making your own.
Russell Ackoff • The Systems Thinker – A Lifetime of Systems Thinking - The Systems Thinker
Everyone fails, but only the wise find humility | Aeon Ideas
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