If Plan A didn’t work, The alphabet has 25 more letters

by Ben Francia |Last Updated: October 29, 2012

Ever had that special day where everything was going ridiculously wrong that you almost thought it was a dream (nightmare)?

Everyone’s got their own “worst day of your life”, but they have the choice to believe that, while one plan/strategy/technique didn’t work, there are a helluva lot of mechanisms that you can use. Here’s a little tip, if something didn’t work – think outside the box and get creative in thinking up of a solution.

“I didn’t fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldn’t work.”
— Thomas Edison

Let me know what you think in the comments section.

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