• Question: what was your biggest mistake and what did you learn from it

    Asked by XxdarkmoonxX to Tonia, Sam, Emily, Ejay, Edgars, Charnett on 13 Jun 2019.
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      Emily McNee answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      I failed my second year at university. I learnt that I cannot be perfect at everything and a pass is OK. It allowed me to understand my strengths but more importantly my weaknesses and the benefit of others

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      Tonia Tzemanaki answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      part of a PhD (and generally learning) is to fail and learn from it. So, during my studies I tried many things, and most times I failed.. until I got them right. I have generally learned that it is OK to fail as long as you TRY! and this is true for most aspects of our lives.

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      Charnett Chau answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      Biggest mistake…. Maybe biggest setback / failure…. I took my driving test 9 times when I was 17/18… Never give up!

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      Sam Gaughan answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      I can’t think of a single big one, but I make all sorts of mistakes all the time, and you can always learn from them – that’s part of research!

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      Ejay Nsugbe answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      Probably being inconsistent and not giving my best at what I was doing at the time. This not so good attitude of mine at the time, defined a relatively mediocre period for me personally when I wasn’t really contributing much to the world during this time-frame.(later part of ’08-’14)
      What did I learn from all of this? Well I saw first hand that no matter how ‘super’ or even gifted we might be-nothing can ever be an appropriate substitute for consistency and hard-work. Which is part of the reason why I turn up everyday and do what ever it is i’m doing-to the best of my ability. 🙂

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      Edgars Kelmers answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      I regret stopping doing sports. I liked sport a lot at school, I was training 5 times a week. But then I completely stopped doing it during university and my health got worse (mostly back pain from too much sitting and studying). So now I am trying to find new sport hobbies.

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