Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Intelligence is about recovering from mistakes quickly, not avoiding them.
- In plain terms
- Smart people fix errors fast instead of making none.
- What can you take from it?
- Learn from mistakes instead of fearing them.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle errors?
- What is smart recovery?
Another view
It may ignore the cost of high-stakes mistakes.
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