Monday, August 29, 2011

Allan Norton's 10 Immutable Laws of Mistakes

I love this essay on mistakes by Allan Norton in the TechRepublic blog 10 Things. I especially like #10: "Failing to learn from your mistakes is a mistake."

Another great quote from the essay:

It is no coincidence that frequently, the worst mistakes occur at the worst time. End-of-project mistakes happen due to stress, time pressures, and fatigue. A deadline often leads to mistakes in the scramble to complete a task. Less time to recognize and fix mistakes is often the genesis of what can and will go wrong.


Clearly, Norton knows a lot about mistakes. And I mean that as a heartfelt compliment.

[Hat tip to Marty Rosensweig for pointing this out. Thanks Marty!]

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