“Go back and correct your mistakes. We all make mistakes. The wise person admits them, corrects them, and doesn’t leave them for others to clean up.”

—  Don Soderquist

Don Soderquist “ Live Learn Lead to Make a Difference https://books.google.com/books?id=s0q7mZf9oDkC&amp;lpg=pg=PP1&amp;dq=Don%20Soderquist&amp;pg=PP1#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false, Thomas Nelson, April 2006 p. 58. <br class="br">On Doing Things Right

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