I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Mistakes teach lessons as effectively as success does.
- In plain terms
- Mistakes teach as much as success.
- What can you take from it?
- Learn from mistakes as well as success.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What has a mistake taught you?
- How do you handle failure?
Another view
Some mistakes may be irreversible or too costly to learn from.
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