I have the following scribbled down on a sticky note (of the electronic variety) on the home screen of my laptop:
Let’s make better mistakes tomorrow.
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I’m not sure where I stumbled across this quote, but it’s a great sentiment.
I’m going to make mistakes. Today, tomorrow, the day after that. Sometimes mistakes are made out of ignorance, or jealousy, or plain bad luck. But by learning from the mistakes of the past, instead of becoming heavy baggage that weighs us down in the present, they can be leverage for making wiser decisions in the future. Failure and mistakes can breed change and growth.
So here’s to making better mistakes tomorrow…