We all want to make good choices. We try to make decisions that take us in a good direction and lead to better things, but along the way, we make mistakes. Sometimes that’s the best thing that can happen.
The path to improvement is often indirect. Our mistakes can reveal something even better. Sometimes the wrong decision clarifies the right thing.
History is littered with "happy accidents" -- well-intentioned decisions that failed to achieve their objective but succeeded in producing surprisingly positive, though unintended, outcomes.
Penicillin was famously discovered by accident, as was insulin, the X-ray, the pacemaker, the Post-it note, and fireworks. Each was the product of a mistake that led to an entirely unintentional breakthrough discovery.
Happy accidents happen to us all the time.
We want to make good decisions, but sometimes they lead to failed efforts, empty ideas, unfulfilling jobs, or dysfunctional relationships. That doesn't mean they didn't create value. It just may be a different value than you expected.
Mistakes happen. So do happy accidents.
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