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Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True

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Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True
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RE: Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True
August 5, 2019 at 6:44 pm (This post was last modified: August 5, 2019 at 6:45 pm by Alan V.)
(August 5, 2019 at 5:47 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: "Nothing fails like success, because we don't learn anything. We only learn from failure. Our successes only confirm our superstitions."
I'd like to hear your thoughts on this.


If you want material advantages, a success is a success.  You can learn by becoming a success and maintaining your success.  

Although we may learn more from failures, sometimes we just learn how to fail rather than how to succeed.

On the other hand, I do know successful people who confuse their expertise with knowledge of other areas.  They can become arrogant and fail to listen to people who have other kinds of expertise.

So I think the saying points out an important observation, but it's too much of an over-statement.  It comes close to rationalizing failures.
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Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True - by Rhondazvous - August 5, 2019 at 5:47 pm
RE: Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True - by Alan V - August 5, 2019 at 6:44 pm
RE: Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True - by Alan V - August 6, 2019 at 11:55 am
RE: Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True - by Jackalope - August 5, 2019 at 6:55 pm
RE: Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True - by Belacqua - August 5, 2019 at 7:14 pm
RE: Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True - by DLJ - August 5, 2019 at 8:03 pm
RE: Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True - by Gwaithmir - August 5, 2019 at 8:17 pm
RE: Is this Quite by Kenneth Boulding True - by brewer - August 6, 2019 at 10:25 am

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