What if I mess up?"" Oh, you will. You'll mess up, you'll make mistakes, you'll break things. Some you'll be able to piece together, and others you'll lose. That's all a given. But there's only one thing you have to do for me."" What's that?"" Stay alive long enough to mess up again. Victoria Schwab
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In this quote, Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, illustrates the need to make mistakes in order for us to learn from our mistakes. The things we learn from our mistakes can help us become better people, and that in turn allows us to become a better person.

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