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…make no mistake, you will experience some setbacks in your side hustle that may feel like failure, and it’s important that you not let them discourage you for too long.

If none of what you are doing requires your full attention, it is fine to multitask. Just be aware that you make mistakes, miss key bits of information, be impolite, and fail to produce your best work.

That our project has crashed is not a reflection of our worth as human beings. It’s just a mistake. It’s a problem – and a problem can be solved.

When leaders publicly change their minds, it shows that they’re smart enough to realize they made a mistake, secure enough to admit the mistake, and willing to risk their reputation to do the right thing.

…human beings are meaning-making animals. We seek to understand. The problem is that we often tell our stories so fast that we mistake them for the facts and then treat our stories as if they’re irrefutably true.

Frightening as it may be to acknowledge our shortcomings and admit our mistakes, the irony is that doing so tends to inspire greater respect, not less.

Study, travel, people, work, play, reflection, all are sources of knowledge and understanding, but so, curiously, are mistakes.

Trusting the impulse always leads to growth, although sometimes through mistakes. Sometimes trusting the impulse leads directly to brilliance.

…mistakes contain potent lessons – but only if we think them through calmly, see where we went wrong, mentally revise what we’re doing, and then act on the revisions.

Mistakes – missteps – are necessary for actualizing your vision, and necessary steps toward success.