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Are some mistakes intended?

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English: Decisions Decisions (Horton, Point or Green) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I remember this advertisement about one pen. Here's how the converstation goes: Dad: "Oh no, not again." and he crumples the just-written on paper and throws it away. Girl: "What do you like not, Dad?" Dad: "Mistakes!" Girl: "Now you don't need to. There's a pen that erases mistakes!" Dad: "That's impossible. Pen can't erase!" Then the daughter takes out the pen that erases, and voila! Dad was amazed! From then on, he'd not need to dislike mistakes. If only mistakes and errors can be erased. On the contrary... I've been thinking a lot about mistakes, on the business side. It goes like this. We are expected to make decisions. We expect our bosses to make decisions. We expect our management to make decisions. Know what this means? One way or the other, we will make mistakes. On one hand, we'd hate mistakes and w...

I never thought I'd be...

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Back in the olden days, when we were young (or younger), we’d do a lot of things, mainly because our old folks tell us to, partly as part of our studies, partly as part of peer pressure , and still partly due to our curiosity as growing kids who would explore anything on sight and anything within reach. To be exact, what would make our parents and abuelos and abuelas scream is when we explore things within sight, but beyond our reach… you know what I mean. That should bring a memory or two, and lots of smiles. At this point I call to mind one area of my childhood activities. A regular church activity. We sang. We sing. We've rendered a Solo, a Duet, a Trio, a Quartet, or a Choir. There's even a Male Group. And as in most cases of singing, we sing other peoples’ compositions. It never occurred to me that I’d be singing my own songs , never thought that I’d be composing songs, to be sung by me, or by other singers . Unleash Your Inner Psychic! What could have brought abou...