Annap has a good point Peter. I trust you were just having a bad day or simply writing a mood piece.

Making mistakes can be seen in a positive light. Here are notes from a business book, The Perfect Business by Michael LeBoeuf:

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5. Focus on Trying New Ideas Instead of Avoiding Mistakes

'Don't make mistakes.' That's the message we learn repeatedly from the time we're old enough to understand. ... It's great advice - when the rules and procedures are clearly defined and the right answers are known. But that's not the environment of a home-based business. The problems you encounter cannot always be solved by following the rules. The options are many and the answer to important questions are unknown. The only way to truly find out if something will work is to try it.

Resolve to make the best decisions you can, try out new ideas, learn from the results, and keep trying.

Success comes from making good decisions. Good decisions come from good judgment. Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. - Anonymous Don't try to make mistakes. Learn from the mistakes and good fortune of others. It's always less expensive to learn on someone else's nickel.

But don't expect to be perfect. ... IBM Watson's formula for success was to double your number of failures. George Bernard Shaw, 'When I was a young man I found that nine out of ten things I tried didn't work. So I did ten times more work.

Those who never make mistakes usually end up working for those who are afraid to.