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Mistakes are not necessarily bad things


The ancient Egyptian king Hufu held a grand state banquet, and the kitchen workers were busy. A small kitchen worker accidentally knocked a freshly cooked pot of sheep oil on the side of the stove, scared him to hurriedly hand-pick the charcoal mixed with sheep oil and throw it outside. Wash your hands after throwing them, and there are slippery, sticky things on your hands, and the hands after washing are especially clean. After the little kitchen worker discovered the secret, he quietly brought back the thrown away charcoal charcoal for everyone to use. As a result, every kitchen worker washed white and clean.

Later, King Khufu found that the hands and faces of the kitchen workers were white and clean. Without the grease stains in the past, they interrogated them. The little kitchen workers truthfully said the truth. King Hufu was full of praise after the test. Soon, this discovery was promoted throughout Egypt and spread to Greece and Rome. Based on this discovery, people have developed soaps in the popular world.

In 1885, an amateur pharmacist named Pemberton in Atlanta used Ke leaves and cocos seeds as the basic materials. After many experiments, he made an exciting brain juice, which was the first in the United States. Listed Coca-Cola. But Coca-Cola's sales are very low, and Pemberton is also very anxious.

One day, a patient with a headache complained about taking brain juice. When the clerk was dispensing, he should have injected tap water into the bottle, but actually accidentally injected the soda. The patient sipped and waited for the clerk to wake up and feel helpless. The patient's headache stopped, and the people in the store couldn't help but claim to be "wonderful." Inspired by Pan Bodunton, he immediately added a certain amount of soda water to the brain juice, and added a slogan such as “clear and delicious, good fortune and good fortune” beside the advertisement for “allergic diseases”. Coca-Cola miraculously changed from a pharmacy to a popular beverage in the world, and its sales increased.

There was a German worker who accidentally mistaken the recipe when producing writing paper and produced a large amount of waste paper that could not be written. He was deducted from wages, fined, and finally fired. Just as he was discouraged, one of his friends reminded him to let him think carefully about whether he could find something useful from his mistakes. As a result, he quickly realized that although the paper could not be used as writing paper, the water absorption performance was quite good and could be used to absorb the water on the appliance. So, he cut the paper into small pieces, named "absorbent paper", and after buying it in the market, it was quite popular. Later, he applied for a patent and became a monopoly.

Mistakes are not necessarily bad. Mistakes are a good medicine. They are a good medicine for refreshing and refreshing. They are a good medicine for waking people. It is the right precursor. It is the starting point for success and valuable experience. Errors are not all mistakes. Even with magical results and major discoveries, you can create new things and miracles by summing up mistakes.

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