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Some common mistakes that we all make. . .to speak too often without first thinking. . .to fear, and hence to hesitate, to declare our purposes. . .to become involved in the delusions of duty. . .not to stop and see what we want. . .to hurry our action, not stopping to "feel" our way. . .not to act, not daring to go ahead anyway. . .to exaggerate our problems from fear that they are too great. . .to focus on the troubles themselves instead of on their overcoming. . .to become too emotional, personal, and involved. . .to worry foolishly because of ignorance of all the facts. . .to magnify every little mistake, as though it were serious. . .to ignore the profit value of mistakes. . .to fail to accept mistakes--perhaps the greatest mistake of all. . .to forget that mistakes are essential to success. . .to be too often too critical of ourselves. . .to fail to express our gratitude.