The BIGGEST MISTAKE Entrepreneurs Make | Mark Zuckerberg

Good morning, Believe Nation. Today's message is don't try to avoid mistakes. Over to you, Mark Zuckerberg.

So many things go wrong when you're starting a company, and often I think people ask, you know, what mistakes should you avoid making? And And you know, my answer to that question is don't even bother trying to avoid mistakes because you're going to make tons of mistakes, right? And the important thing is actually learning quickly from whatever mistakes you make and not giving up, right? And I mean, there are things every single year of Facebook's existence that could have killed us or made it so that it just seemed like moving forward and making a lot of progress just seemed intractable, but you just kind of bounce back and you learn and nothing is impossible. You just have to kind of— keep running through the walls.

So I'm not sure I agree completely with what Mark's saying. I don't think you should just head out and not care at all about mistakes and maybe even seek out mistakes. I don't think that's really the message he's trying to get out there. But what I think is important is not dwelling on mistakes and not trying to play so safe that you don't make any mistakes. I think that's the biggest thing that a lot of entrepreneurs do wrong and get wrong. They're so worried about fear and so worried about making the wrong step and making every little tiny mistake that they're You're spending so much time focusing on the negative and avoiding the negative instead of spending your energy, your time, your resources on the positive and how you can do something amazing. You have to understand that making mistakes is part of the process. You will make mistakes. It's normal, it's natural, it's inevitable. And through the mistakes, you'll learn and keep going and make it better the next time and better the next time. And so it's adopting a mentality that making mistakes is okay. It's gonna happen. So my question of the day for you guys today is, Do you spend more time trying to avoid making mistakes or trying to go out and achieve something big? I'm really curious to find out. Be honest, leave it in the comments below. Thank you so much for watching. Have an amazing day, continue to believe, and I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso.