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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8539)	2/9/2022 5:42:18 AM
From: alanrs	1 Recommendation Recommended By Maurice Winn Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13803

It's not true that we learn from our mistakes. We actually learn from our successes. It's success we want. Failures teach us only what NOT to do, not WHAT to do. I've probably learned from both. Funny subject. The problem with success is that it can end the 'exploration and discovery' that often involves failure. The golden handcuffs situation would be the high class version. Another problem with success is it fosters hubris (I guess, might not be exactly right), Icarus and all that. For whatever personality quirk reasons I've always been more warry of success, or maybe success has been more warry of me while failure has been thrust upon me here and there. If one is building a business or a "team" within an organization, failure isn't so good, but a business has a goal that is at least roughly defined. Failure gave me something to do, fix this mess, no choices. Success was a more open ended proposition, harder. Just a few random thoughts on the matter as I have my first cup of coffee. Let's Go Brandon.