Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life requires learning rules as you go, unlike games where rules are known beforehand.
- In plain terms
- Life is a game where you learn the rules by playing.
- What can you take from it?
- Understand that life's rules are learned through experience.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What rules are you learning?
- How do you learn rules?
Another view
Some life rules are consistent and teachable.
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