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You made a fool of yourself

We're all going to get into situations with the best intentions or have all the experience in the world and still make a mess of it.

Solution: Making a fool of yourself is a sign of courage. Making an idiot of yourself is accepting that you might fail in the short term but will eventually win in the long term with practice.

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