Writer Alina Tugard said she was particularly struck by Japanese attitudes towards mistakes, especially in schools, where students at the end of the day are encouraged to look at what work and didn't work, and then see how that could be corrected - thinking of things as a process rather than seeing results alone.

Gradually, her thinking changed until she now sees mistakes as part of the risks that can lead to discovery - although it's not the mistakes that are good, but what you learn from them.

"If we're being innovative, if we're trying different things, if we're experimenting and trying to be creative, we're more likely to make mistakes," she said.

She is making these observations in her book: Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong.
I think we all have a lot to learn from our mistakes.  We improve ourselves when we try to correct our mistakes.  Yes, we keep on learning - that's evolution.