I only fuck up that bad about once every two months ... which is a pretty high fuck-up ratio for a professional musician, when you think about it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker jokes about their frequency of making mistakes, noting it seems high for a professional.
- In plain terms
- I mess up about once every two months, which is a lot for a pro musician.
- What can you take from it?
- Even professionals make mistakes, and self-deprecating humor helps cope.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How often do you feel you are messing up?
- Does humor help you handle criticism?
Another view
Frequency of errors matters more than self-deprecating humor in serious fields.
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