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Learn from mistakes so they are not repeated. While reading the book "What The CEO Really wants From You" 2012 Edition by Mr Gopal Krishnan ,I found on page 196 a para captioned "Learn from your and other mistakes", Towards the end of the Para he quotes from the psychology department of the university of Pennsylvania a small dialogue about making mistakes and learning that reads as under

Q What is the secret of your success?

A-Two Words

Q What are they?

A, Right decisions

Q How do you make right decisions?

A One word

Q what is that?

A Experience

Q How do you get Experience?

A Two words

Q what are they?

A. Wrong decisions

This is how you learn from mistakes. Mistake is teacher, it teaches you a lesson that's the base for your experience. Dr Marguerite Theophil Master speaking Tree., has put it so aptly. "Making mistakes is not a big deal as long as you learn from them and avoid repeating them"

Making mistake is natural, Your Mistakes do not define your Failure As a matter of fact it is a price you pay for your achievements. Own up your mistake. One who has realistic mindset will always get inspired by his mistake and take it as an opportunity to learn and improve and ensure that it is not repeated.

How apt is what Mahatma Gandhi said - Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer.

Once you own up your mistake you will feel relaxed and with relaxed mind it will be easier for you to take steps to ensure that the same mistake is not repeated.

Any man can make mistakes but only idiot persists in his error. Macus tullius cicero - Roman statesman and writer. During my working life I observed some of my colleagues perfectly willing to take responsibility for a mistake committed but they continued making similar mistakes again and again. That showed an unwillingness to truly learn from mistakes. The real learners are those who can capitalize on their mistakes

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