Is there compensation in making mistakes? You bet there is!! Simon and Rob share thoughts on making mistakes, and learning from them.
MAKING MISTAKES – By Simon Thompson
“We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.” – Cicero – Roman author, orator, and politician (106 BC – 43 BC)
Nobody likes to get it wrong. When we make errors and mistakes we show our flaws and weaknesses; we often feel embarrassed, or worry that we have embarrassed others. We want to feel confident and we want others to be confident in us. Yet, it is impossible to learn to speak a second language without making mistakes.
“The greatest mistake a man can ever make is to be afraid of making one.” – Elbert Hubbard – North American writer and philosopher (1856-1915)
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