Learn from Mistakes   81 comments

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Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”

Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”



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Story Posted by Stephen on September 13th, 2008

81 Responses to: Learn from Mistakes

  1. Abeera -- 19 Feb 09 at 9:51 am

     

    It give us a lesson so please learn from ur mistakes

  2. Anamika -- 3 Oct 09 at 9:35 am

     

    It’s really a wonderful comment

  3. Vikas -- 7 Oct 09 at 12:47 pm

     

    We are all fallible and everybody in this world has got right to make mistakes and everybody does that but what is important in life is that we should learn from our mistakes.. The one who does not learn aything from one’s past mistakes is unlikely to succed life…..

  4. gkaruna -- 14 Oct 09 at 2:04 pm

     

    good thoughts

    lead a good life

  5. vijaya -- 11 Nov 09 at 8:35 am

     

    No one in the world get succeed in the first attempt. Those who learn things from mistakes can only lead to success.

  6. Chandra Kanth -- 19 Dec 09 at 3:02 am

     

    The above message ‘Learn from mistakes’ is fabulous. Yes everyone has to learn from mistakes, she/he should not make the same mistake. Made mistakes make us learn new inventions/thoughts.

  7. sheik -- 18 Jan 10 at 1:17 pm

     

    Its good to learn from our mistakes but i think its also a good way to see the good side of everything.

  8. AZAR -- 23 Jan 10 at 6:02 am

     

    To Attain the Success is not an easy one.. We have to face many difficulties..

  9. k santhosh -- 6 Feb 10 at 1:38 am

     

    Not realising the mistake is a mistake, but making the mistake is not a mistake. Mistakes can make us to learn us many things.
    It is a really good comment.

  10. mike -- 20 Feb 10 at 2:27 am

     

    It’s ok to make a mistake, just don’t repeat THE SAME mistake.

  11. Sangeeta.S.H -- 22 Mar 10 at 11:57 pm

     

    Ya! Realy its so nice. and we also try to think positive only.

  12. ranees -- 27 Mar 10 at 5:41 am

     

    yes it’s wonderfull

  13. Vinod Jadhav -- 1 May 10 at 1:13 am

     

    Really its very fantastic. N0 pain no gain. Idea wont work unless and until u work on idea.

  14. chandrashekhar n chintalwar -- 28 May 10 at 1:02 pm

     

    great
    when mistakes are happen they are painful but years later colection of mistakes are leads to success
    called experiance

  15. suma -- 31 May 10 at 7:17 am

     

    Great ! Got to learn and adapt in life .. .

  16. Ninad -- 13 Jun 10 at 4:54 am

     

    mistakes are a part of experience which are great building blocks of life.

  17. prashanti -- 27 Jun 10 at 10:55 pm

     

    Here thinking between two persons one is positive and the other one in negative , failure and mistakes are common but one should come in such a way to hope for the best from the result and can do it in a better way.

  18. pankaj -- 29 Jun 10 at 9:51 am

     

    Everyone is not achieved success in first attempt. So never give up if u failed. Try 2 find the reason of failure. i hope u will be succeed in next attempt

  19. Gopi chebrolu -- 16 Jul 10 at 1:19 am

     

    mistakes make one perfect.

  20. Girish Barvaliya -- 20 Jul 10 at 11:10 am

     

    That’s the positive attitude. We try to do mistake so we come to learn our mistakes and we will try to improve our task.

  21. ritika jain -- 8 Aug 10 at 2:30 am

     

    mistake is the initial step towards success

  22. Venkat -- 19 Aug 10 at 7:18 am

     

    we all know that our failures are stepping stones for our success.

  23. bennet -- 23 Sep 10 at 6:18 am

     

    nothing is impossible. its nice

  24. Rahul -- 24 Sep 10 at 11:05 am

     

    its very good, definitely we should not give up

  25. AKSHAY JAIN -- 29 Sep 10 at 10:58 am

     

    Very good comment and very well said by THOMAS ELVA EDISON.WE should always try to learn from our mistakes and we should never get disheartened by the failure of our mistakes

  26. LACHU -- 11 Nov 10 at 1:19 pm

     

    first to correct the mistakes
    second not to repeat the mistakes

    i remind the words of Abdul kalam sir:
    Good decision comes from experience
    Experience comes from bad decision

  27. sumesh babu -- 28 Nov 10 at 11:59 pm

     

    mistakes make one perfect.

  28. biplab -- 16 Jan 11 at 7:06 am

     

    First we should try. If we don’t succeed , we should find out the reason behind our failure. Then avoid the previous mistakes. This way when we keep on trying, we can at a point of time do that work perfectly without any mistakes.

  29. Chris -- 4 Feb 11 at 1:33 am

     

    Tha’s what you call… Optimism! =)

  30. san -- 23 Feb 11 at 9:54 pm

     

    So nice example ..
    one who says I did mistake is not a negative thinker, one who didn’t agree his/her mistake is negative thinker.
    Thank you

  31. Yash -- 3 Mar 11 at 12:37 am

     

    Every mistake, however small it may be, is a lesson by itself….

  32. menard -- 7 Apr 11 at 8:52 am

     

    life fault and trials must be look in positive ways… it will make us strong and thinks more broader

  33. karhik -- 17 Apr 11 at 4:15 am

     

    awesome….

  34. Amit Byas -- 24 Apr 11 at 11:42 am

     

    This is what called POSITIVE THINKING

  35. Mehul Rajgor -- 23 May 11 at 11:45 pm

     

    Always think positive. Positive thinking brings happiness in our life.

  36. Minthang Gangte -- 7 Jun 11 at 8:39 am

     

    Mistakes are Educational.

  37. Manas Ranjan Padhi -- 16 Jul 11 at 4:59 am

     

    Hard work never goes unreward, try until the end.

  38. Abhishek Jaiswal -- 26 Jul 11 at 9:31 am

     

    Very nice so I used it for me speech!!!

  39. Parithi Pop -- 27 Jul 11 at 9:15 am

     

    Best methodology to think + from our losses………..

  40. Adarsh -- 7 Aug 11 at 12:58 pm

     

    Great person.. he inspired me…

  41. SOURAV -- 5 Sep 11 at 2:14 pm

     

    Learn from Mistakes

  42. Priyanka Kumari -- 9 Sep 11 at 3:07 am

     

    He provided me hope……………………thanks

  43. Aishu -- 16 Sep 11 at 12:45 am

     

    Try Try Try until we tired…
    Let love the work what we do and do it “The best”
    Never get Failed……..

  44. HT -- 23 Sep 11 at 7:30 am

     

    Practice makes success

  45. Tsering dhundup -- 26 Sep 11 at 5:59 am

     

    These types of motivational stories are helpful when people get frustrated. We shoud learn from our mistakes. There is no person who have become successful without doing any mistakes. So, Never give up n try try until u get success.

  46. SRAVAN KUMAR -- 18 Oct 11 at 6:06 am

     

    Hello Friends!
    I hope every body agrees that this is 100% true in our lives. Thomas Edison Really did great job.

  47. Tatek -- 26 Nov 11 at 4:06 am

     

    Extracting bits of lessons from events, failure or success makes us grate. Thanks for sharing the lesson.

  48. Satya -- 20 Dec 11 at 12:09 am

     

    Mistakes give more confident about the success so recognize your mistakes and don’t do the mistakes again and again

  49. Latha -- 21 Dec 11 at 12:27 am

     

    There’s nothing wrong in making a mistake but we have to correct ourselves after that.

  50. Vikas Tomer -- 24 Dec 11 at 2:46 pm

     

    Wonderful

  51. Abhishek -- 29 Dec 11 at 5:08 am

     

    learning depends on your attitude towards the situation…One should think about the problems..but shuold always think towards the solution…

  52. Suresh -- 12 Jan 12 at 5:04 am

     

    Wonderful explanation

  53. Rupesh musmade -- 13 Jan 12 at 12:37 am

     

    That’s the confidence…

  54. Shubham -- 16 Jan 12 at 2:04 pm

     

    The person who do mistake is human that is the diffrence btwn us and god

  55. Ravi ebizzer -- 22 Jan 12 at 2:20 am

     

    Learn from this , about positive thinking ……….
    it is teach us that learning attitude .

  56. Rahul Band -- 3 Feb 12 at 12:11 pm

     

    Excellent story..Be positive…..We should always be positive…the more do the mistakes the more we learn…

  57. Aastha -- 10 Feb 12 at 11:38 am

     

    Learn from the mistakes of others… there is no time in life to actually commit yours…

  58. Pvsmurthy -- 11 Feb 12 at 1:25 am

     

    Try and try until we succeed.

  59. Jossy -- 15 Feb 12 at 3:54 am

     

    Nothing is impossible. I have learned that it is important to a strong belief in what we do which results in fruitfulness.

  60. Hanna -- 22 Feb 12 at 7:02 am

     

    We should never give up on attempting things which we are afraid to do! coz no one in this world born to be perfect… The more failures, the more lessons we learn… That’s life — it makes us more eager to pursue to be right. POSITIVE THOUGHT is the best a person should have! =)

  61. Aneesh kk -- 26 Feb 12 at 10:23 am

     

    Think different do different

  62. Rakesh -- 8 Mar 12 at 5:20 am

     

    If we make mistakes, it is not bad but if we repeat those mistakes again & again its very bad

  63. Mike -- 22 Mar 12 at 7:43 pm

     

    No mistakes, no progress.

  64. SkyFlynn -- 23 Mar 12 at 6:16 pm

     

    Such a nice saying 4m edison

  65. Manoj -- 25 Mar 12 at 9:36 am

     

    It is really super. Learn from your mistakes…

  66. Belena -- 27 Mar 12 at 4:11 am

     

    Nice story. We can be wrong sometime so we should learn from our mistakes…

  67. Atif -- 5 Apr 12 at 5:42 am

     

    Speechless

  68. JUNAID -- 5 Apr 12 at 7:06 pm

     

    Mistakes, a part of our life. Try to forgive those who have done mistakes, but learn from those mistakes.

  69. Shashi -- 13 Apr 12 at 6:28 am

     

    Very impressive and everyone should know this: TRY TRY TRY until you get success but never commit the same mistake, no problem if we don’t succeed at last we end up with a TRIAL…!!!

  70. Siddhu -- 14 Apr 12 at 11:57 am

     

    Superb

  71. Waliyuddin -- 15 Apr 12 at 2:38 am

     

    Oh wonderful!

  72. Mostafa -- 18 Apr 12 at 1:05 am

     

    Wonderful

  73. Dinesh Aspire -- 18 Apr 12 at 3:31 am

     

    Don’t loose our confidence at any point of time…

  74. Dinesh Aspire -- 18 Apr 12 at 3:35 am

     

    Our attempts never fail…….

  75. Sankar -- 20 Apr 12 at 1:31 pm

     

    A person who quits never wins and the one who wins never quits!!! A bitter truth of the world.

  76. Ahad -- 28 Apr 12 at 9:49 am

     

    Learn from mistakes and do not do it again.

  77. Nature -- 29 Apr 12 at 3:42 am

     

    It is called positive thinking.

  78. Dr. Vijay Vyas -- 7 May 12 at 3:09 am

     

    Really GREAT, though small story but conveys a strong and positive message. To err is human, but to learn from that mistake requires a lot of courage ………..

    AS LEARNING IS AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS ……..

    Dr. Vijay Vyas (Ph.d -HR )

  79. Jose -- 9 May 12 at 7:40 pm

     

    Brilliant explanation

  80. Prabhakar -- 11 May 12 at 11:44 pm

     

    Great thought by great mind.

  81. Jegan dev -- 16 May 12 at 7:34 am

     

    Really nice story forever……………

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