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Avoidance of something deprives us of the experience we might gain from it. I don't believe that avoiding everything we might consider "bad" is generally a good practice. However, I am not suggesting that we should try everything we consider as "bad" either.

When people talk about excellence, productivity, and performance, they often draw conclusions based on the final outcomes. However, these conclusions cannot be reached without encountering mistakes along the way.

As the Greeks said, the golden mean is the desirable point.



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