"Experience is the ability to recognize a mistake when you make it again".
When Benitez was traded for Jeff Nelson -- a move widely praised but one that could not have occurred without first obtaining Benitez -- they claimed the Yankees were just recognizing a mistake.
Or be agile, recognize a mistake, and fix it?" It's a reasonable take on the issue.
But even when the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recognizes a mistake and invalidates a patent, there is no guarantee those rights won't still be leveraged against the holder's competitors.
If you operate an enterprise long enough, you're bound to miss some twists and turns, such as Steve Ballmer's embarrassing dismissal of the iPhone as a $500 subsidized item in 2007, but it takes a great organization to recognize a mistake, pivot and come out swinging.
The advantage of being 63 is I have learned, as one wag put it, that "experience teaches you to recognize a mistake when you've made it again".
An erroneously enciphered text can be impossible to interpret correctly, and it is difficult to recognize a mistake without a double-check.
Even if someone recognized that a mistake had been made, we figured they couldn't throw us out at that point, not in front of all the other guests.
More possible is prosecution of the officials responsible for expelling Zelaya, which even Micheletti has recognized was a "mistake".
"While my intention was not to do anything wrong, I recognized that a mistake was made and quickly disclosed this information to the governor's ethics officer -- a former assistant U.S. attorney -- who recommended that I provide the information to the OEIG for appropriate investigation," Stermer said.
