Only those who do nothing make no mistakes

[phenomlab]

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.

[crazycells]

@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

[phenomlab]

@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.

[JAC]

@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 .