Movie: Hollywood stargirl (one lesson)

I saw a movie yesterday titled “Hollywood Stargirl”. This won’t be a spoiler but I will like to make use of a particular scene in the movie. The main actor “Stargirl” (that’s her birth name- funny right?) asked an old grumpy man “If there’s any word of advice you’ll like to give me, it will be what?”, the old man looked at her and sighed. He went on to say “make mistakes”. Stargirl looked at him confused.

Before she could talk the old man added “… and learn from the mistakes. Don’t regret that you made a mistake but learn from the mistakes you made. Regret will drive you into a hole of pity but learning from it will make you grow and happy”. I won’t go further in explaining other scenes from the movie but that conversation between the two will be the foundation for today’s article.

We all make mistakes but it is how you react to them that makes your life a painful one or a fulfilled one. All great people have once made mistakes but they have learnt from them. Mistakes are meant to make you realize that you need to be wiser next time and not make the same mistake again.

I believe the world would be a better place if we all make mistakes and learn from them because mistakes are lessons. In Africa, we have an old saying, "People who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it". Mistakes are meant to make you grow.

There are two types of people in this world; the ones who learn from their mistakes and those who learn from others' mistakes. The first category of people are self-confident and are always sure of themselves and their actions. While the latter group is more critical of others than of themselves.

Choose your category.

You may still make a mistake but be sure to know how to recognize it and how to avoid making it again. A good friend, who has this ability, always helps you by quickly pointing out where you went wrong and letting you know how you can solve it. But are you the type that accepts constructive criticism? Or do you hate being told you are wrong?

When you make mistakes there’s no need to feel like a failure because mistakes are unavoidable in life. It happens to everyone. Some people can even handle it well and act like it never happened. Others, on the other hand, get into depression, live in regret and forget that life can be wonderful because of mistakes.

Since I started my crypto journey, I’ve made a lot of mistakes, even till now I still make some decisions that boomerang. When you think you already know the scope, something new happens but I don’t allow this to kill my spirit, instead, I add it to my portfolio of experience and try to avoid it next time. The ones I failed to take note of reappeared and I learnt my lessons.

You can learn from other people’s mistakes, it doesn’t necessarily have to be yours. The concept of taking risks, throwing caution to the wind and doing what you have planned is preached to the young one but doing this without learning from these mistakes is of no use. Worse than that is living with regrets. Regrets make you stagnant. The mistakes of the past keep on stopping you from taking a step. If you let the past tarnish your today it will inadvertently destroy tomorrow

One thing about mistakes is that it’s so generous. If it happens and you fail it learn from it, it will repeat itself again and again until you learn, but that’s only if it isn’t too late. And as I said earlier, you can learn from other people’s mistakes. Experience they say is the best teacher and also the ladder everyone needs to soar high in whatever thing one is doing.

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