15/03/05

Have anyone experience the auto shutdown syndrome? Its the state where you'll fall asleep when your mind isn't working. Even if its working, the brain would still shutdown after a while? I like this kind of feeling when taking bus, but its kind of sickening when i want to study on the bus. Can you imagine, after read a few lines in the text book, the sky gets darker, and the next moment you know it, the bus has travelled to another zone. The book, still on the lap on the page where you last read.

Surely, i'll still try to continue reading, but after a while, it happens again. The cycle repeated itself until i reach home. At the end of the day, nothing has been read. Its the medicine effect. I like it haha. At least I can sleep in peace without worrying much. I still remember few days back, I dreamt about a lecturer talking to us. Its really sickening when you can dream about school.

I have finished analyzing that financial statement that i have been whining about during my last few days. I just want to throw it aside and leave it there. Done.

Come to think of it, all the stones have been broken down into smaller sizes. I'll gonna worry for my exams soon. The small stones still needs processing. Life after exam should be good.

Slice of Life

How We Deal With Mistakes

Human beings are imperfect. We are fallible. No matter how hard we try, how wise and experienced we are, or how often we practise, no one can escape the fact that sometimes, we fail. We all make mistakes. What sets the winners from the losers is how they handle setbacks. Do we get upset? Do we go into denial? Do we make ourselves feel so bad that it becomes harder and harder to leave the ground each time we fall?

Mistakes are not necessarily bad, meaningless or useless. They are a crucial element in our path of knowledge and improvement. The more mistakes you make, the more you learn. The more you learn, the more you grow, and the more likely you'll be able to shine brighter in future.

When you were a young growing child, how were you supposed to know the oven was hot? Or that when you say something impolite you'll hurt someone's feelings? If you make a mistake, at least you made a valiant attempt. At least you wouldn't be stuck in that limbo of not knowing whether you would succeed or not.

Very often, we take mistakes far too seriously. So you made a mistake, so what? The world keeps turning, and the bugs keep biting. It's not a question of "I made a mistake, I'm so sorry, I was such a fool". Rather, it's a question of "Ok, I messed up. What am I going to do about it? How can I avoid making the same mistake again?"

The best leaders out there are the ones who made the most mistakes but learnt from them. The ones that never discovered or acknowledged their faux pas never made it into the business world and never made a difference in their own life, or the world.

We all fail. But only a handful truly learn from their mistakes. And these are the ones who will eventually go on to achieve great success and wisdom.