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The Very Best Way to Think About Failure and Mistakes (Motivational Business Quote)

Thomas J Watson Reveals: The Very Best Way to Think About Failure and Mistakes

I came across a quote from Thomas J. Watson, the chairman and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM), that reveals the very best way to think about failure and mistakes…

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“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.”

— Thomas J. Watson

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