Bill Gates and Mark Cuban swear that failure helped build their billion-dollar ideas, but new research says making mistakes isn’t actually a key to success

Billionaire Mark Cuban wrote, “No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them.” However, optimism bias may be harming our resilience, according to new research.
Billionaire Mark Cuban wrote, “No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them.” However, optimism bias may be harming our resilience, according to new research.
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