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Fatai Olajobi's avatar

That aspect you talked about the hug, it moved me to tears. Sometimes we think we actually need help from someone not knowing that it is also in favour of the person in the position of a benefactor.

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Asiyah's avatar

The sidenote is the major takeaway for me

You should have an amazing week too

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Halimah's avatar

Get the ball back, bounce it a few times and take another shot📌

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Sekinah Olaoluwa Sulaiman's avatar

This is a nice write up, i have a friend that would be needing it this piece…. Thanks for writing Hameed it came In handy 🥲

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Economist's avatar

Ah. Look at me that wanted to put a call through to you on Saturday but thought... "let me give this guy a breather". I guess we'd have our call another time.

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Oluwaseun Akinola's avatar

It's okay to be wrong, but it can be terribly embarrassing too. Then, when you (kinda) accept that you were wrong or might be, then you find it hard to admit that.

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Fatai Olajobi's avatar

I believe if you accept yourself for being human and fallible, then you may find it easier to cope.

What makes the difference between people like Elon Musk and the rest of us is their willingness to make mistakes and dare the mockery of haters or dare the fear of 'failure' because mistakes don't truly define us, WE define us!

We aren't infallible like God and neuroscience has shown that we grow our brain more by learning from our mistakes!

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Oluwaseun Akinola's avatar

Yeah, I agree. I just wanted to talk about the side effects of being wrong

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HS's avatar

Hameed, thank you for this. You intimately made my week already. I failed at a task at work last week and this is just all I needed to get back on track for the week. Shukran!

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