To improve, we must watch ourselves fail, and learn from our mistakes.…

Joshua Foer
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To improve, we must watch ourselves fail, and learn from our mistakes. ✨ Joshua Foer (2011). Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, p.123, Penguin
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To improve, we must watch ourselves fail, and learn from our mistakes. ✨ Joshua Foer (2011). Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, p.123, Penguin

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