"Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time." This has come to be the refrain of the defeated, but in fact, it should be celebrated. The only ideas we should follow are the ones that seem like good ideas at the time. There are too many factors at play for every good idea and decision to turn out well, but that doesn't need to make them a bad idea or a bad decision. Instead, it just means fortune wasn't on your side. It simply means that you didn't catch the break you wanted.

We should celebrate ideas that seemed good at the time. We should celebrate taking risks that seemed like a good idea at the time. The results won't always match the process, but following a good process will lead to more good results than following a bad process will. Good ideas will turn out well more often than bad ideas will.

Celebrate ideas that seemed good at the time, because eventually, those will turn into good results.