Only those who do nothing make no mistakes

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    This is one of my personal favorites.

    One day, Albert Einstein started to write the nine times table on the blackboard

    Table Result
    1 x 9 9
    2 x 9 18
    3 x 9 27
    4 x 9 36
    5 x 9 45
    6 x 9 54
    7 x 9 63
    8 x 9 72
    9 x 9 81
    10 x 9 91

    The class mocked and made fun of him because he had made a mistake, as the correct answer for 10 x 9 is 90.

    Einstein waited for everyone to stop and said

    Despite me answering the first 9 questions correctly, no one congratulated me. Instead, when I made one mistake, everyone spotted it and started laughing. This means that despite being very successful, society will only notice the smallest mistake and make a big deal out of it. Don’t let simple criticism destroy your dreams.

    Moral of the story

    Only those who do nothing make no mistakes.

    This is 100% true. Nobody will ever pat you on the back and tell you what a great job you’re doing, but they will be the first to tell you something is wrong.

  • @phenomlab said in Only those who do nothing make no mistakes:

    Despite me answering the first 9 questions correctly, no one congratulated me. Instead, when I made one mistake, everyone spotted it and started laughing. This means that despite being very successful, society will only notice the smallest mistake and make a big deal out of it. Don’t let simple criticism destroy your dreams.

    nice observation 🙂

  • @crazycells yes, one of my favorites. People seem very quick to criticize when you do something wrong, yet never say anything when you get it right.

  • @phenomlab said in Only those who do nothing make no mistakes:

    @crazycells yes, one of my favorites. People seem very quick to criticize when you do something wrong, yet never say anything when you get it right.

    A good little read, enjoyed that 😁.


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    @dave1904 there isn’t one currently, but I can easily put something together

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    @dave1904 that’s a really good point actually. I know it was there previously on Persona, but you’re right - no such function exists on harmony.

    However, putting something in place to mimick the behaviour of Persona won’t be hard from the js standpoint, although I wonder if perhaps we should ask the NodeBB developers is this feature was overlooked?

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    Hi all,

    Just a post to start potential discussions here. This category is solely designed for those looking to get into IT, extend their knowledge, and even gain access to mentoring (provided by me). This is an ideal place for others to post also and share experiences, concerns, requirements, questions around technology etc.

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