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My job? lol.. do a hundred great things.. no one remembers. make one mistake... no one ever forgets.
by mattbgates 11y ago
My job? lol.. do a hundred great things.. no one remembers. make one mistake... no one ever forgets.
- AndrewKemendo 11y agoThis is every aspect of life though. See: Bill Nguyen [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nguyen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nguyen
- ChristianBundy 11y agoI don't get it, what am I missing?
- PakG1 11y agoCheck his company track record.
- cheetos 11y agoBill Nguyen is best known as the founder of Color, a much hyped then subsequently much lampooned photo app that failed rather conspicuously under the weight of its own PR, a la Cuil. Based on the Wikipedia article, he apparently had a long track record of multiple impressive successes prior to Color, although none are nearly as well known. Hence the parent's argument that Bill Ngyuen's life is an illustration of the true nature of the world: you can be successful 100 times, but if you fail once, it is only the failure that is remembered.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoOr, as people in the trade say - good stage lightining / movie soundtrack is the one you don't remember hearing after you leave the theatre / cinema. If you do, it means you paid attention to it specifically, which means something went wrong.