Elbert Hubbard said, “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”
That sounds good but I think it depends on what you do for a living.
I’ll explain.
I woke up today thinking, Why is it that engineers often make good entrepreneurs and lawyers often don’t?
Both groups are smart, analytical, and precise. We both work hard and put in our dues.
So, what’s the difference?
I’m going to take a guess and say it is that engineers focus on finding ways to make things work, while lawyers focus on finding things that can go wrong.
Engineers are optimists. Lawyers are pessimists.
Engineers believe that there is a solution and keep working until they find it. Lawyers solve one problem and expect to find more.
Engineers expect to fail many times before finding the solution. Lawyers are built differently. We avoid risk because we want to avoid failure.
Engineers succeed by making lots of mistakes. Lawyers succeed by finding lots of ways to avoid mistakes.
I’m probably wrong about this. Or am I just being pessimistic?
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