The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The quote defines a common error in thinking where repeating failed actions expects new outcomes.
- In plain terms
- Doing the same thing again and expecting a new result is pointless.
- What can you take from it?
- Change your approach to get different results.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you break bad habits?
- When is repetition useful?
Another view
Sometimes persistence is required before results appear.
More from Benjamin Franklin
The Way to see by Faith, is to shut the Eye of Reason.
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