Mistake Management Quotes

You can't be afraid of the problem. Don't be afraid of failure; don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make sure you learn from each step; iterate, and stay as efficient as possible without being paralyzed by a difficult situation.

There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better.

One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.

I will make a lot of mistakes and have to learn from them. It is part and parcel of the captaincy.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Don't waste a good mistake, learn from it.

Bury your mistakes.

When you screw up in the ring, it's so embarrassing. But the fans don't know you screwed up unless you act like you just made a mistake.

Do not be afraid of mistakes, provided you do not make the same one twice.

How can we get the most from every mistake we make?

I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.

Look, every institution will make mistakes. I acknowledge we make mistakes, and they can hurt my reputation and our company's. But you also must be willing to let go a little bit, trust others, and not always be so stringent, provided you have robust controls.

Seek advice, but make sure it's from someone who has successfully handled mistakes or adversities.

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.

Many of us grow up thinking of mistakes as bad, viewing errors as evidence of fundamental incapacity. This negative thinking pattern can create a self-fulfilling prophecy, which undermines the learning process. To maximize our learning it is essential to ask: "How can we get the most from every mistake we make?"

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.

No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to be learned from it.

The highest reward for our toil is not what we get for it but what we become by it. ... Mistakes are not failures. They are proof that we are making an effort. When we understand that, we can more easily move out of our comfort zone, try something new, and improve. ... Improvement demands a commitment to grow long after the mood in which it was made has passed.

When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.

Mistakes are normal and human. Make them small, accept them, correct them, and forget them.

If you make a mistake, classify it. Then you don’t have to admit the mistake.

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.