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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
If you repeat your mistake it is not a mistake any more
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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States
We try to never repeat a mistake. If it does happen once, we make sure it does not happen a third time.
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Apr 28, 2018 1:23 AM
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Dinah well done yes it should not be repeated but it could happen
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
I think it came with maturity and experience.
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Apr 28, 2018 1:23 AM
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Kevin, you are right "maturity"
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
It is important to learn from your mistakes so as to avoid doing them again. We will always do mistakes, thats life.
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Apr 28, 2018 1:25 AM
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Rami, that's true I learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of others as well "case study - senior experiences counts"
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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States
It is also important to not make another mistake while you are trying to correct the first one.

Let me tell a story from this past weekend involving a pillow. So a pillow got something on it and I threw it in the washer. When I got it out, I noticed that it had a hole in it. It is a feather pillow. I put it in the dryer. After a while I thought, I wonder if the feathers are coming out. I opened the dryer to find feathers everywhere. I was so annoyed at my mistake that I was trying to clean them up. I was sweeping them into the trash can. As I am standing there with feathers everywhere, I decide that the pillow needs to go in the trash. I frustration, I dropped it into the trash can filled with feathers. Feathers flew up and were everywhere again.
So it is important when you make a mistake to remain calm and make clear decisions.
And there are still feathers throughout my house.
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Apr 28, 2018 1:26 AM
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Dinah , you brought good point sometimes one mistake leads to another and then losing focus can cause a chain of mistakes
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Anish Abraham Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington Auburn, Wa, United States
I think good or bad, experiences are what help us to learn lessons. So, in my opinion we should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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Apr 28, 2018 1:27 AM
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Anish, "regret" do you let your mistakes eats you up
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Apr 26, 2018 9:45 PM
Replying to Dinah Young
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We try to never repeat a mistake. If it does happen once, we make sure it does not happen a third time.
Dinah well done yes it should not be repeated but it could happen
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Apr 26, 2018 10:10 PM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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I think it came with maturity and experience.
Kevin, you are right "maturity"
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Apr 26, 2018 11:59 PM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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It is important to learn from your mistakes so as to avoid doing them again. We will always do mistakes, thats life.
Rami, that's true I learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of others as well "case study - senior experiences counts"
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Apr 27, 2018 11:28 AM
Replying to Dinah Young
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It is also important to not make another mistake while you are trying to correct the first one.

Let me tell a story from this past weekend involving a pillow. So a pillow got something on it and I threw it in the washer. When I got it out, I noticed that it had a hole in it. It is a feather pillow. I put it in the dryer. After a while I thought, I wonder if the feathers are coming out. I opened the dryer to find feathers everywhere. I was so annoyed at my mistake that I was trying to clean them up. I was sweeping them into the trash can. As I am standing there with feathers everywhere, I decide that the pillow needs to go in the trash. I frustration, I dropped it into the trash can filled with feathers. Feathers flew up and were everywhere again.
So it is important when you make a mistake to remain calm and make clear decisions.
And there are still feathers throughout my house.
Dinah , you brought good point sometimes one mistake leads to another and then losing focus can cause a chain of mistakes
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Apr 27, 2018 12:12 PM
Replying to Anish Abraham
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I think good or bad, experiences are what help us to learn lessons. So, in my opinion we should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
Anish, "regret" do you let your mistakes eats you up
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1 reply by Anish Abraham
Jul 26, 2018 11:53 AM
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Not really, but I try to understand what went wrong and it really helps me to feel stronger also to face more challenges.
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