“Experience is not the best teacher!”
I heard John Maxwell say this on a mentorship call a few years ago. We all have experience at some level, and if we participate in life then we are continually gaining new experience. Why then is it that some people benefit and learn from their experiences and others don’t?
Reflection turns our experience into insight. The secret then is, experience teaches nothing but evaluated experience teaches everything. A great practice is to reflect daily on the experiences you’ve had. Ponder over them and become conscious of the lessons you can take out of the experience. Once you start applying these lessons you can then say, “My evaluated experience is the best teacher.”