I've learned that each mistake was probably a reflection of something that I was (or others were) doing wrong, so if I could figure out what that was, I could learn how to be more effective.

I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.

I believe that our society's "mistake-phobia" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what we are taught rather than to form our own goals and to figure out how to achieve them. We are fed with facts and tested and those who make the fewest mistakes are considered to be the smart ones, so we learn that it is embarrassing to not know and to make mistakes. Our education system spends virtually no time on how to learn from mistakes, yet this is critical to real learning.

To test if you are worrying too much about looking good, observe how you feel when you find out you've made a mistake or don't know something.

In China anything less than 6% growth is a recession meaning that it also causes financial problems and it's disruptive and it's a problem.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

I'm scared of people with power making the decision.