The General Manager said to the HR Manager, "Assign an excellent and reliable employee to me; I have an important task for them."
The HR Manager presented a file and replied, "Here are their details. They have served in this company for ten years without making a single mistake." The General Manager countered, "I don't want someone who hasn't made a mistake in ten years. I want someone who has made ten mistakes but has learned from each one, corrected them immediately, and improved. That is the talent I truly need."
Prudence and self-discipline are virtues, but if taken to an extreme, they turn into cowardice and incompetence. In a battlefield trench, a soldier who fires may reveal his position, but a soldier who never fires can never achieve anything. While the saying "the more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make; and if you do nothing, you make no mistakes" is a piece of wisdom, we must ask: what is the actual value of a "flawless" life where nothing is achieved?
Children learning to walk will inevitably stumble, and among millions, some may even suffer injuries. If a mother refuses to let her child walk out of fear, the child may indeed never fall or bear scars, but they may end up unable to walk at all, confined to a wheelchair for life. Some hardships in life must be endured, some prices must be paid, and some mistakes must be made—provided you only make them once and never repeat them.
In truth, past mistakes are the seeds of future wisdom. As long as you continue to cultivate yourself persistently, one day, these experiences will grow into a towering tree.
