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I love this story...
[FONT="]"A promising young executive at IBM was involved in a risky venture that lost $10 million for the company. When Tom Watson Sr., the founder and CEO of IBM, called the executive to his office, the executive tendered his resignation. Watson is reported to have said, "You can't be serious. We've just spent $10 million dollars educating you!"
[/FONT]Which raises the philosophical question of the thread...is it not good to make mistakes as long as you acknowledge them and learn from them?
And if people refuse to acknowledge mistakes or misdeeds can they ever truly learn from them?
[FONT="]"A promising young executive at IBM was involved in a risky venture that lost $10 million for the company. When Tom Watson Sr., the founder and CEO of IBM, called the executive to his office, the executive tendered his resignation. Watson is reported to have said, "You can't be serious. We've just spent $10 million dollars educating you!"
[/FONT]Which raises the philosophical question of the thread...is it not good to make mistakes as long as you acknowledge them and learn from them?
And if people refuse to acknowledge mistakes or misdeeds can they ever truly learn from them?