Successful People Make the Most Mistakes
I was reading through some wise statements made by Coach John Wooden. One of the statements he made was that successful people make the most mistakes.
At first I was confused. But then it started to make sense. Successful people make the most mistakes because they take more risk. They are constantly out there working and trying things.
On the other hand, unsuccessful people make a few mistakes then stop trying. Unsuccessful people make fewer mistakes than successful people simply because they don’t do as much.
This quote from Michael Jordan is a great illustration of this:
I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.