You Did Not Make a Silly Mistake

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No, you did not make a

“silly mistake”.

You made a mistake.

• You dropped the negative sign.
• You forgot to carry.
• You didn’t flip the fraction.

Those mistakes might seem silly because you know how to avoid them. But…

“Knowing how” is not the same thing as actually doing it reliably.

If you keep making silly mistakes, then it means the skill is not actually automatic yet.

And the solution isn’t to just shrug them off.

It’s more practice until getting it right becomes the default.

Further reading:

• Silly Mistakes are Still Mistakes
• If You’re Making Silly Mistakes Then You Need More Practice

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