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Personal Narrative: Learning From Mistakes
Learning from Mistakes Learning from mistakes is a key part of life. I myself have had to learn from my mistakes. Over the summer I cut my foot outside. I spent the whole night in the worst hospital, then I got 18 stitches in the bottom of my foot. It also set back my ability to play football. My mistake was going outside without shoes, now I wear my shoes all the time. There are productive ways of dealing with failure. You can think about the mistake and analyze it. You can keep trying after analyzing and correct the mistake. But you should always admit what you have done wrong. As Mark Twain said,” Denial ain’t just a river.” ( http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/denial.html) There are unproductive ways

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