Apart from writing books, my 40s have been about pursuing personal growth. Whatever were the mistakes of my earlier life, I've been committed to a pause, a regroup. I don't want to make the same mistakes in the future.
Churchill faced his own diminishing capabilities and increasing irrelevance by maintaining the sense that he was the only one who could solve whatever problem was before him. He was very often wrong, of course, but then he had spent so much of his life overcoming appalling mistakes, disasters, and rejections.
We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax.
I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.
Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to 'own' them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again.
Campuses should be places where students are able to make mistakes without fear of retribution. If there is no margin for error, it is impossible to receive a meaningful education.
When reviewing one's portfolio, it is important to be aware of common mental mistakes that may lead to bad decisions. The most powerful is commitment bias, which, as manifested in investing, is the tendency to fall in love with one's stocks.
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
For people involved in pre-meditated crimes, whether it is terrorism or robbery or something else, their use of technology means that they leave a digital trail, and the room for error goes up dramatically. In the future, it will be easier for violent people to make mistakes and get caught before they commit their crimes.
I make mistakes growing up. I'm not perfect; I'm not a robot.
I've finally figured out how to make a Rodney Crowell record, and that's let it be, leave the mistakes.
Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.
Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.
It's very important that we don't make the same mistakes twice. That's a big part of improvement.
It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done.
We keep making the same mistakes as a species, and you can usually draw it back to the fact that we are all terrified of dying. We also all think that we are going to escape it until we get to 65!
My kids know they can't make the same mistakes I've made. They've been through a lot with me always being on the road.
I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.
I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes.
I realise that I have made quite a few of the same mistakes with my kids that my dad made: not so much in trying to determine their lives for them but in terms of trying to discipline them.
