Learn to Experience, Experience to Learn

August 20,2022

For some reason, there is a quote that, while it may be accurate, doesn't sit quite right with me.

As the old adage goes, "experience is the best teacher." "doesn't quite sit right with my ears. While it's true that sometimes experience is the best teacher, this is not always the case. For instance, it will be difficult to succeed in a field or specialty that you know very little about. To truly understand a subject, you must first experience it firsthand, learning and unlearning along the way.

Here's why I slightly disagree with the assumption that experience is the best teacher. Let's just assume two separate human beings, one has learned how to swim while the other doesn't know.

Now these two have either waded into a river or fallen into a vast body of water, possibly as a result of a shipwreck. Were we to claim that this was the best time for the person who didn't know how to swim to learn, what would we say? Of course not! In all likelihood, such a person would drown and perish.

My point is that: every smart person shouldn't wait for an opportunity to experience before learning. An intelligent person is one who takes the time to learn from others.

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Learn the tactics and techniques of the field you intend to enter well in advance of actually engaging in that field. Why? For the reason that not all life lessons can be learned through experience. Some may be fatal, while others would put you in a dire predicament. Some encounters might sap a lot of energy, time and resources from you before you can get to learn.

What should we do if we find that life itself is not the finest teacher? In my own view, I think that mentorship is quite crucial. You can avoid a lot of frustration by hiring a coach with experience in the field you're entering.

Someone who has been successful in a given sector and has amassed a wealth of relevant experience might serve as a valuable mentor. New entrants into a field should study and unlearn from such individual, gain as much richness of information as they can obtain from the mentor then you are good to go.

There will always be successful competitors in your industry, field of study, or other endeavor. I never said you shouldn't have experience, and I certainly recognize the risks involved, but I have opted to say, "The best way to learn is by one's own self-awareness and the acquisition of the appropriate knowledge.

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