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Never! "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Smart ppl learn from their mistakes, wise ppl learn from t
by atmosx 5y ago
Never!
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
Smart ppl learn from their mistakes, wise ppl learn from the mistakes of others.
Entertain every thought that comes your way, accept only the ones that make sense to you & take responsibility for your actions.
- GianFabien 5y agoI would like to add: Treat with extreme caution advice from somebody less successful than you and especially those who have an agenda, e.g. bloggers whose success metric is the volume of blogs published and not their personal tangible achievements. If there is a direct or even indirect profit to them from giving advice ... reject immediately.
- saurik 5y agoI mean, advice about "how to avoid becoming like me" is probably some of the most important advice one can get, from the "learn from the mistakes of others" perspective ;P.
- scarface74 5y agoIf you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. — Catherine Aird
- atmosx 5y agoThat’s a Fabrizio de Andre actually quote: “ … Si sa che la gente dà buoni consigli sentendosi come Gesù nel tempio, si sa che la gente dà buoni consigli se non può più dare cattivo esempio…” There’s a good chance Catherine beat him to it though. I am kidding ofc, I don’t quote was stolen from either. Google says the song was written in 196. It is a brilliant song, pure poetry.