Learning from Your Mistakes

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...

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

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

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

Today is Yesterday's Pupil.

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 ...

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

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.

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