Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People learn through mistakes, but those mistakes happen because they didn't know better beforehand.
- In plain terms
- You gain wisdom by making mistakes, but you make mistakes because you lack wisdom.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that learning requires making errors you couldn't avoid.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What did you learn from a mistake?
- How do you share wisdom?
Another view
Some experience can be avoided with better guidance or foresight.
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