personal development on Learning from Your Mistakes

Any fool can learn from his mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake.

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries. Truth is uniform and narrow; it constantly exists, and does not se...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

At eighteen, a self-assured Benjamin Franklin returned to Boston, the city he had fled just seven months earlier. Dressed in a fine new suit, with a watch on his wrist and a pocket full of coins, he p...

The prefrontal cortex is responsible for the success of the human species. It enables us to learn from our mistakes and make plans. When the PFC is healthy, we behave consistently in ways that enable ...

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.

Today is Yesterday's Pupil.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

My wife, Ruth…was one of those who could lighten heavy hearts, especially mine. I will never forget when she announced what she wanted engraved on her gravestone, and for those who have so respectfull...

The Difference a Coach Makes Back in the days when Phil Jackson’s Chicago Bulls (and Los Angeles Lakers) were dominating the NBA, the joke was that all the coach needed to do was “roll out the basket...

When people fail, we are inclined to find fault with them, but if you look more closely, you will find that God had some particular truth for them to learn, which the trouble they are in is to teach t...

“We learn from failure, not from success!”

A stumble may prevent a fall.

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.

Studying your own failures as well can make them seem less earth-shattering. One researcher suggested in a 2010 article in Nature that people maintain a “CV of failures,” a written list of the things ...

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

One of the reasons failure can be so crushing is that we set goals of success, instead of improvement and learning.

“My mistakes are my life.” How It Is

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying… that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.

There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

"A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."