Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some finite number of things before you succeeded, Every time you made a mistake you eliminated one of those things and are one step closer.

因为在成功前，当该说的说了，该做的做了，你所要进行的尝试是有限的。每犯一次错误，那些所要做的尝试就会减少一个，从而你离成功也就更近一步。

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You might think they were naive, except that they're so damn smart and have succeeded in a way most people never do.

他们是绝顶聪明的并取得了常人得不到的成功，但在这之外，你可能会觉得他们有点幼稚。

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'If your intention was to hurt and humiliate me in an effort to entertain your blog readers, you have succeeded,' he wrote.

他写道，如果你的目的是在娱乐博客读者的同时伤害我羞辱我，那么，你得逞了。

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IR As you say, democracy and the market, although imperfect, have succeeded where other systems have failed.

ECONOMIST: The 20th century