You’ll make mistakes and so will your enemies.  I believe that to benefit from these mistakes, one should refrain from vilifying oneself AND their enemies—even when it’s your job to hurt them—because vilification interferes with the ability to perceive nuance.  

And once you can navigate nuance, you become more capable, more formidable, and you will have no enemies; you will only have teachers.


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  1. Grace Teri Avatar
    Grace Teri

    True! That is definitely something to muse over, and oftentimes I think we’re the most critical of ourselves.
    I’ve also heard that if you focus on improving yourself each day, rather than focusing on the mistakes made by others, you will live a happier life. What do you think?

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    1. I think sometimes, improving means focusing on others’ mistakes. The fallacy lies in wallowing in subjective judgments of worth. My aim is effectiveness, rather than showing I’m “better” than others.

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  2. Experience is the best education.

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  4. In some cases yes, in some cases no, in all cases maybe

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  5. Lorelai Kilmore Avatar
    Lorelai Kilmore

    Lovely sentiment! Good goal for 2018 🙂

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  6. So very insightful – love it!

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    1. Thank You Anachronistic robotic jordan! 🙂

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  7. Woebegone but Hopeful Avatar
    Woebegone but Hopeful

    A much healthier approach than;
    “YOU make mistakes.
    I was let down by others”

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    1. Indeed! I could either fume and rail against someone who’s “bad…” or I could get to work solving the problem.

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      1. Woebegone but Hopeful Avatar
        Woebegone but Hopeful

        Someone very perceptively said
        ‘It is better to light a single candle than curse the darkness”

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      2. There’s always darkness to curse. Why stress over it, right? Better to make a game out of it and really appreciate those moments of warmth and light.

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      3. Woebegone but Hopeful Avatar
        Woebegone but Hopeful

        Quite rightly so!

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    > DirtySciFiBuddha posted: “You’ll make mistakes and so will your enemies. > I believe that to benefit from these mistakes, one should refrain from > vilifying oneself AND their enemies—even when it’s your job to hurt > them—because vilification interferes with the ability to perceive nu” >

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