The Real Mistake

A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. – B. F. Skinner

Where do you think you’ve “failed?”

Have you given up on “that?”

What if you took what you learned and began again, more intelligently?

What if you didn’t stop trying?

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