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The past is paralysing, get on with your future

Regret can be a terrible addiction. Those who suffer from it so often become bitter and full of self-pity.

It is an emotion that serious entrepreneurs cannot afford: they must keep pressing onwards and should not look back with remorse, dwelling on errors of long ago.

As Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, said: “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” Entrepreneurs must learn to manage the conflict between constant experimentation – which means lots of painful mistakes – and a fear of failure, which can lead to paralysis.

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卢克•约翰逊

卢克•约翰逊(Luke Johnson)是一位成果颇丰的企业家和创业家,他为英国《金融时报》撰写企业家专栏。他目前担任英国皇家艺术协会的主席,并管理着一家私人股本投资公司——Risk Capital Partners。约翰逊曾在牛津大学学医,但是毕业后却进入投行业。他在1992年收购PizzaExpress,担任其董事长,并将其上市。到1999年出售的时候,PizzaExpress的股价已经从40英镑涨至800英镑。

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