Wrongologist By Kathryn Schulz: Article Analysis

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n the article “ 4 Reasons to Embrace Your Mistakes, as Told by a ‘Wrongologist’’’ Jenni Gritters mentions Kathryn Schulz’s opinion that when people avoid making mistakes , they are actually making a mistake. We don’t get upset while we do something wrong the real problem begins once we discover that we actually made one just like the Wile E. coyote. We should rely on learning from our mistakes not blaming ourselves for the mistake in this case we can be successful. Being perfect is something that all of the people desire but as a matter of fact it is not a good habit and it can cause us harm in so many ways. One of the aspects of perfection is being right all the time which is a wrong assumption because no one is always right. Regardless of

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