But there needs to be an error margin: will say it's very important to make mistakes, because they are essential for development (as a motivator to learn and to change behavior).
I disagree. It's pretty counterintelligent to allow forseeable mistakes. Still, "we" do this more often than not.
In general that's likely. But I would be very careful not to make absolute assertions. Again, making mistakes (even knowingly) can lead to very positive outcomes or very important learning motivations.
And when I say knowingly... sometimes we just
think we "know" something is a foreseeable mistake, but we might just be wrong about it and in reality it's no mistake.
Just an example:
many years ago I was 100% sure that not selling my Bitcoin after making the first 5x or 10x was absolutely a mistake.
Today I think it was one of the best decisions in my life. Where would I be now without making that "mistake"...
I would say making mistakes (even knowingly) from time to time might be part of a kind of natural intelligence, or maybe you could call irrational or non linear intelligence of natural evolution. Like a mutation that brings novelty in the world of living beings.
Glad that i have read this before shutting the computer down.
If you think it was the best decision of your life, it's not a mistake.
Your only mistake was thinking it was a mistake (for some years).
A bigger mistake would have been to sell in doubt at a later time, imo.