To be the type of person who embraces the mistakes he or she makes as a sign of strength in learning?
2007-06-19 18:41:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Being right all the time is definitely never a good thing. Being wrong and making mistakes is what helps us learn. If no one would ever make mistakes we would never get to experience new things. A lot of the times the greatest inventions in the world have been created by accident, so a society of perfect people wouldnt be so great at all. Besides, people dont like others with big heads. People find it easier to relate to others when those others are flawed just like them.
2007-06-22 11:57:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The interpretation of the first option isn't obvious: but if you mean
a) actually being right all the time (impossible),
b) trying to be right all the time (natural),
or c) trying to win arguments all the time (vain),
I'll still opt for accepting mistakes. Nobody is really going to be right all the time; that's just not an option. Learning is predicated on error. So is science. If the outcome's what you expected, you learn nothing new; but if it's *not* what you expected, *then* you have the chance to learn something new.
We naturally try to be right all the time; nobody tries to screw up. Still, error is that chance to grow. As for winning all the arguments - well, big deal. You can win an argument and still be wrong. It's a political victory, not an intellectual one. Gimme the mistakes any day.
2007-06-20 01:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by strateia8 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes and no. it's a good thing to always be learning something new. in order to do that sometimes you need to make mistakes. but at the same time, if a person experiences too much, they can get discouraged.
so what I say is you don't have to be right all of the time, just some of the time, you know.
2007-06-20 18:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by equilibriumdisrupter 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're always right, there's no need to learn.
However, thinking you're always right does not make it so, and in fact, you're premises at that point are flawed.
So since nobody can ever be right all the time, it is important to embrace mistakes and lern from them.
If it were possible, however, to be right all the time, that would be more important.
2007-06-20 02:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by Born at an early age 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Embrace ur mistakes no one is right all the time
2007-06-20 20:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by cdog61 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well Sky, back in the 16th or 17thCentury-that's about 15 or 1600ADE.
A supposed saint wrote:
Change What can be changed, Accept What you Can't Change and Learn to Accept the Difference.
: I try to use the same mentality.
When it comes to a question with an unknown right/wrong answer.
2007-06-20 02:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by Trent 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was asked during a job interview many many years ago if I ever made mistakes. I said yes, of course, that is part of the human condition.
Didn't get the job.
So recognize your mistakes, admit them and learn from them but don't advertise them I guess.
2007-06-20 02:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is more important to not remind people you are right. It implies the other person is wrong. It is like repeated one upsmanship. A good way to lose friends...or not make them.
You only want to try to be right all the time when you are are taking a class test or scheduled test of your abilities, to get ahead.
2007-06-20 02:36:44 · answer #8 · answered by syrious 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course, it is impossible to be right all the time, so, if one is the type who strives to be, he or she will be disappointed many times! Conversely, if one believes that he or she is correct all of the time, then that person is deluded. Therefore, it would be healthy psychologically for one to conclude that to make mistakes is inevitable ("to err is human"), and it makes sense that a person would therefore endeavor, as you suggest in your explanation, to recognize his or her errors and thus utilize them as steps toward growth and learning. As for myself, imperfect as I am, I have committed acts and gaffes so distressing that I would prefer simply to forget them since they are not the sort to be conducive to my personal improvement!
2007-06-21 23:30:00 · answer #9 · answered by Lynci 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The path to success is paved with mistakes. If someone doesn't make mistakes, they can't learn and grow.
2007-06-20 01:50:50 · answer #10 · answered by Paradox 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋