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Here's one of may favorite anecdotes / fables on the topic.

A young trader joined a financial company. He tried hard to shoe how good and useful he was, and he indeed was, at the rookie level.

One day he made a mistake, directly and undeniably attributable to him, and lost $200k due to that mistake.

Crushed and depressed, he came to his boss and said:

— Sir! I failed so badly. I think I'm not fit for this job. I want to leave the company.

But the boss went furious:

— How dare you, yes, how dare you ask me to let you go right after we've invested $200k in your professional training?!




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