Mohan Thulasingam
A man who
makes no mistakes does not usually do anything. All great things in life have
been discovered and developed out of doing mistakes only. In the middle of
difficulty only, lies the opportunity. Mistakes can be reduced if we love what
we do.
Many people tend to blow up even the small mistakes of others. It
becomes intense if the other person happens to be an enemy. However, it’s wrong
to view the mistakes alone by ignoring the good actions of the same person.
This is akin to condemning a white cloth as dirty for a small black dot on it.
Better weigh the good and negative aspects of anything to decide it’s worth.
Optimists always look at the goodness whilst the Opportunists see the bad side
only.
One woman
opened a $1000 monthly deposit account in a bank and regularly paid the deposit.
It was only at the time of maturity after three years, she realised that she
had keyed in the wrong account code, making a stranger $39000 richer: A costly mistake,
indeed!
An
interesting News I read recently. A goose was arrested based on a woman’s
complaint that it attacked her five-year-old daughter, and it was
terrorizing the neighborhood. Animal rights activists got outraged and demanded
immediate release of the bird and an inquiry into this. It might be the animal
behaved in its own natural way contrast to the human system. This is a simple
case of mistaking the poor bird’s mind.
In 1962,
NASA lost about $80 million due to the grammar error. A missing hyphen in the
coding used to set trajectory and speed caused the craft Mariner1(America’s
first interplanetary probe) to explode minutes after take off. Arthur C
Clarke called it “the most expensive hyphen in history.”
Mistakes
occur due to our negligence and lack of interest in whatever we do. Hastiness
and impatience also cause mistakes. Overconfidence and carelessness also end up
in failures and losses. Prudence and alertness help in averting possible
mistakes. Constant monitoring, supervision and control assure our safety and
security. A disaster management system in a place of frequent earthquake is a
good example. Do not repent after making silly mistakes, but exercise care in
every action of life.
No matter
how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back to follow the right path.
Instead of unnecessary and advance worrying, a person should develop the habits
of proactive thinking and planning. So let us minimise the mistakes of any sort
to save from loss. Without mistakes, life is meaningless and impossible as
well. Life becomes charming after realising a mistake. Learn from each mistake.
So, commit new mistakes always rather than repeating the old one.
(Author is a
Ex-Banker and can be contacted on tmohan0311@hotmail.com)
SOURCE;TAX GURU
