The biggest mistake: is trying not to make a mistake! Do you Agree/Disagree and Why?
Please share: Your opinion, research findings, your experience, or anything related with the topic.
Whoever makes mistakes, and experience comes from doing work and potential mistakes. SO, I agree with you.
Making mistakes increases human experience in life and makes him cautious in dealing with others.
Everyone tends to make mistakes.
However, most usually those mistakes are remembered, the probability of which can be foreseen, which we tried to avoid but without success. This situation is consistent with the Mohammed Kemal's statement. But in real life, there are many undesirable situations that can be avoided.
Mistakes remind us that we need to grow and give us a roadmap to show us where we need to grow.
Mistakes shall be avoided while trying to do something. I mean, why not to try doing things right from the start? However, once the mistake becomes a fact, then embrace it. It becomes a lesson learned, hopefully. Then, try again and again. Avoid and embrace! Always try!
Dear Anastas Ivanov Ivanov - great points! Thank you for the detail explanation. It absolutely make sense!!
I would like to add a quote.. “The more successful you are, the more mistakes you will make. People who don’t do anything, don’t make mistakes.” — Robert Anthony
@Kemal: Mostly agree, in the context of my work (development of new polymers or new uses in industrial and consumer applications). In the process of innovation, mistakes are the norm. Competency then is to be able to recognize the mistake and change your mind (keeps the mistake small). Incompetency is to be in denial and further invest time and money in an idea that was a mistake (makes the mistake an expensive, big mistake). One certainly should not set out on purpose to make mistakes of course. But that's distinct from the desired behavior, which is to expect to make mistakes but to be humble enough and not be afraid of the prospect of making many mistakes. That's the shortest path to true success in any field that requires innovation.
I understand that the words "The biggest mistake is trying not to make a mistake" refer to the person's trying to do a new thing. In such a circumstance, timidity in fear of a mistake will hinder the improvement of skills or new findings. In this regard, I agree with these words.
As per my opinion when you are doing new things there may be mistake but you can learn through these mistake, if you're not doing anything then there is no mistake but you can't learn.
People do not learn from the mistakes of others. Therefore, they make new mistakes. Trying to avoid mistakes is already a mistake.
Yes, I agree because the best ways to learn is by making mistakes.
Confidence is always needed despite of low experience and competences. We should not be worried to make mistakes.
Yes it is, but it depends on the field of activity.
Mistakes made can serve as professional and life experiences, but in medicine, professional mistakes can take a lifetime.
Yes, I strongly agree that this is one of the biggest problems in all areas of life. To imagine the person that he is perfect and integrated and can live his life without any error and certainly not wrong is not working and we learn from our mistakes
I'm a little skeptical with my comment on this statement - for two reasons: 1/ As researchers, we have a scientific ethical obligation to do our work correctly and not to be negligent. 2/ Any attempt to deliberately make mistakes makes no sense at all.
I found a interesting link regarding this topic and would like to share with you all.
Basically it points out ten points why not making mistakes could be the biggest mistake in life .
Agree with @HeinRetter. That's partly why my reply was "mostly agree". I think @Kemal meant that being afraid of mistakes is the biggest mistake, because I don't think he was advocating careless, thoughtless work. That's how most people interpret it. And in my field of industrial research, interpreted that way, the statement rings true. But as @Georgieva says, that practice is not good in the medical field (the oath = do no harm). So it's not a universally valid statement, even when the question is interpreted as stated above.
In the meantime, I have discovered that through superficial reading I interpreted the question somewhat differently than it was meant to be. But there was no damage, I think. Once more:
The worry of not wanting to make a mistake can in one case lead to mistakes being made, but for another character profile they have no consequences. However, it could also be that the will to avoid mistakes leads to the fact that the number of possible sources of error is actually reduced and is very successful. This probably depends on the personality profile of the respective academic.
Daer Hein Retter ,
"The worry of not wanting to make a mistake can in one case lead to mistakes..." Great analogy! Thank you for your reply!!
Dear Raju Thapa ,
Those are very important points! Thank you for sharing!!
Those who work hard and more they commit mistakes its natural, mistake is part and parcel of life, we learn from mistakes and improve
I agree! Sometimes if you do not make mistakes, you cannot and will not have the opportunity to learn! Trial and error is one of the best and most effective learning methods ever.
Dear Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak ,
Thank you for your reply!!!! Great points!!
disagree. No one doesn't make a mistake. God has created a mistake in our lives to learn right.
Of course I do not agree, not to commit follies is the one that keeps you from mistakes
Mistakes most of the times happen inevitably. I think everyone should learn from their mistakes
Dear Ali mohamed rashed ,
Thank you for your participation in this discussion. You make a very good point.
I think it's part of scientific work to try not to make methodical mistakes. I cannot confirm from my experience that this is "the biggest mistake".
Agree...coz, it is not possible at all... we do mistake and we learn, and we achieve
If you have caused the biggest mistake in your life than is this indeed your biggest mistake!
"Mistake" means very different things. It can be an accidental act (due to lack of concentration).
2/ It may be a misunderstanding.
3/ It's a real error, your fault.
As intelligent beings we normally avoid making mistakes in our thinking and acting because they question our success. Therefore the question is not fully understandable.
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