“Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.” IfsThinkingDifferentSometimesHardChanceResultsMistakeIf I CouldMaking MistakesMentalityGood ChanceDifferent Mentality Author:Alain Prost
“I think I would be making a mistake to actively try and just do everything completely different from 'Gilmore Girls.” ThinkingTryingDifferentWould BeGirlMistakeMaking MistakesGilmore Girls Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“Women are tough campaigners. They certainly know how to withstand attacks. And I think we make a mistake if we say, as some do, that women should play by different rules, or that they are somehow especially vulnerable to the rules of politics. I don't think that's true.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldDifferentPlayMistakeKnow HowToughVulnerable Author:Ellen Malcolm
“Deep practice is built on a paradox: struggling in certain targeted ways-operating at the edges of your ability, where you make mistakes-makes you smarter. Or to put it in a slightly different way, experiences where you're forced to slow down, make errors, and correct them-as you would if you were walking up an ice-covered hill, slipping and stumbling as you go-end up making you swift and graceful without your realizing it.” IfsWayInspirationalDifferentEndsCertainRealizingAbilityMistakePracticeStruggleWalkingBuiltErrorsEdgesIceHillsDifferent WaysMaking MistakesParadoxCoveredSmarterSlow DownStumblingSlipping Author:Daniel Coyle
“I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving.” WayArtDifferentMy OwnAttentionMistakeStudyAchieveDirectorsPaidCamerasShootingDifferent WaysArt HistoryStudying Art Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“Having the security of being in a series week in, week out gives you great flexibility; you can experience with yourself, try a different scene different ways. If you make a mistake one week, you can look at it and say, 'Well, I won't do that again,' and you're still on the air next week.” IfsWayGivingTryingWellsLooksStillsDifferentNextMistakeAirWeekSecuritySceneSeriesDifferent WaysFlexibilityNext Week Author:Clint Eastwood
“Today, I will try to remember to regret the past. I will think of how many mistakes I have made throughout my life. I will say to myself, "If only I could go back in time and make different choices, so that my life could be the way it should have been." Then I will remind myself that I cannot.” IfsThinkingWayShouldTryingHas BeensMadeDifferentTodayPastRememberChoicesMistakeRegretShould HaveShould Have BeenBack In TimeGo Back In TimeDifferent ChoicesPast Regrets Author:John S. Hall
“The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you five, that is a mistake. But if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you ninety-seven, that is no longer a mistake. The man you are talking to is operating with a wholly different logic from your own.” IfsMenTwoDifferentAsksMistakeTalkingFiveHe ManLogicSevenPhilosopherPlusNinety Author:Thomas Friedman
“You have to have the kind of personality where you're resilient and you can get up and keep moving and learn what there is. What I tell my employees is, 'I want you to make mistakes. If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying hard enough. But, when we make a mistake, let's all study it. Let's all learn from it. After that, we want to make different mistakes. We don't want to keep making the same mistakes.'” IfsWantTryingKindDifferentHardEnoughMovingMistakeStudyPersonalityGet UpEmployeeMaking MistakesI Want YouKeep MovingResilientSame MistakesTrying HardMaking The Same Mistakes Author:Trip Hawkins