My brother gave me a t-shirt that said: "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
Regards, Peter -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Henry Schaffer Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 8:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Query for Destination z article: mistakes -- teachable/learnable moments I've heard, "Experience is what keeps you from making mistakes. How do you get experience? By making mistakes!" The closest quote I can find right now is “Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.” Mark Twain --henry schaffer On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stuart, David <[email protected]> wrote: > One of my favorites, but I don't know who to attribute it to: > > "Don't be afraid to make mistakes, because if you're not making > mistakes, you're not doing anything. However, if you're making the > same mistake over and over again, then you're not learning anything." > > Guess which the 'author' thought was the more serious 'crime'. > > > Dave > > > Dave Stuart > Principal Information Systems Support Analyst Information Technology > Services County of Ventura, CA > 805-662-6731 > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > TICONA, LUIS > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Query for Destination z article: mistakes -- > teachable/learnable moments > > Great quotes; > I can apply some of them with my kids and our Boys Scouts by me. > > Thank you Gabe; > > Luis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Gabe Goldberg > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 3:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Query for Destination z article: mistakes -- > teachable/learnable moments > > There are at least a bazillion (Google tells me) quotes about mistakes. > > "So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because that's where > you will find success. On the far side of failure." Thomas J. Watson, Sr. > > "It is much easier to be critical than to be correct." Benjamin > Disraeli > > "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." > Albert Einstein > > Anyone who's ever accomplished anything -- done anything -- has made > mistakes. What have your mainframe career mistakes, > teachable/learnable moments, painful learning experiences, hard-knocks > lessons, etc., been? > What errors have you seen or heard (and believed!) others make? What > were the consequences and, most important, what did you learn? > > These might be technical or job/career related. What would you go back > and tell your younger self to do or not do? To do differently? What > mistakes would you help others avoid? > > Please be (relatively) brief; if I need more information, I'll ask. > And please copy me directly so replies aren't buried in list digests. > > Thanks... > > -- > Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected] > 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433 > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments may contain legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone at 704.844.3100 and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you.
