Do you learn from your mistakes?

Emily Meeks · 08-31-2009, 11:22 AM

It doesn't matter how old you are or how many years you've gone to school, the best lessons are learned from your mistakes.

I'm 20 years old but I've made more than my fair share of mistakes. While I was always aware of responsibilities I had, they didn't really drive the point home for a very long time... I'm also not going to blame the President, the economy, Britney Spears, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson or anyone else for how I've handled them. The vast majority of my mistakes were my own damn fault.

I'm glad I was young when I screwed up with money, though. The earlier I learn, the easier it is to fix it.

I know what I need to do now, as well as what NOT to do. Sure I could've read Suze Orman all day beforehand, but sometimes you have to learn the hard way. Sure, I wish I'd kept a job during my sophomore/junior years of high school, sure, I wish I hadn't gotten so stressed out senior year that I broke down and spent everything, but it's all shoulda-woulda-coulda.

Do YOU learn from your mistakes? What is one mistake that you've made in your life, but you can look back and say what you've learned or how you've become a better person?

Jack Chua · 09-01-2009, 07:52 AM

I can relate with this. I had a lot of mistakes too, some gave me lessons to learn and some are just the results of human weakness. All I can say is that experience is the best teacher about life.

matthewferry · 09-01-2009, 10:36 AM

You don’t learn from doing it right. You don’t evolve from winning. You don’t grow from success. Doing it right, winning and success are the result of the lessons you learn from failing.

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DerrickLamont · 09-01-2009, 08:42 PM

There are many mistakes I have made in my life, many I have learned from and some I still don't get...

one mistake I say that I wish I could change is making better business decisions in the past, as I look back on those decisions if I had made the right decision I think I would have gain more money and brain power...

Great Post

VoodooMethods · 09-01-2009, 11:57 PM

I've learned more things from screwing up than from doing it the right way, that's for sure. The beauty of screwing up is that you have to find out how you screwed up and how you can fix it. That is learning!

I think I've screwed up about 10 times for every time I did it right the first time.

Kay King · 09-02-2009, 12:16 AM

Some mistakes I've learned from - some I haven't. Some I barely survived.

Guess what. No matter how many mistakes you make there are always new ones. There are so many lessons to learn that mistakes can trip you up when you least expect them or be the brick wall you see coming at you.

Some mistakes take serious thought and blaming yourself is self defeating. If you spent money recklessly and hurt yourself doing it - it's not what you did that's important. Instead, it's what your thought process was that led you to make that mistake. When it comes to money, there are emotional triggers and controlling those can prevent a lot of mistakes.

On the bright side, mistakes prove you're human!

kay

netalab · 09-02-2009, 12:38 AM

well, of course we should learn from our mistakes.
Because this is what life teaches us.

premiertimesol · 09-02-2009, 02:42 AM

In our mistakes, we learned everything from it and it also make us to be complete.

Ken Durham · 09-02-2009, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moneysoapbox

It doesn't matter how old you are or how many years you've gone to school, the best lessons are learned from your mistakes.

I'm 20 years old but I've made more than my fair share of mistakes. While I was always aware of responsibilities I had, they didn't really drive the point home for a very long time... I'm also not going to blame the President, the economy, Britney Spears, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson or anyone else for how I've handled them. The vast majority of my mistakes were my own damn fault.

I'm glad I was young when I screwed up with money, though. The earlier I learn, the easier it is to fix it.

I know what I need to do now, as well as what NOT to do. Sure I could've read Suze Orman all day beforehand, but sometimes you have to learn the hard way. Sure, I wish I'd kept a job during my sophomore/junior years of high school, sure, I wish I hadn't gotten so stressed out senior year that I broke down and spent everything, but it's all shoulda-woulda-coulda.

Do YOU learn from your mistakes? What is one mistake that you've made in your life, but you can look back and say what you've learned or how you've become a better person?

Hi Soap,
It is a shame people are not perfect..including parents.
But the fact is they are not.....not any one of us.
And when we have someone controlling in our life it makes things all the harder.
But one thing I can tell you is that you and you alone are in control of your life.
I am happy that you are finding yourself as it is not an easy thing to do and perhaps the hardest thing you will ever do. Many never succeed at this.

Just know that every right thing and wrong thing that you do is what creates you. That bad relationship or that terrible job or the traumatic childhood along with all of the successes are all a part of what makes moneysoapbox that special, unique person that she is.
Don't ever regret or despair but take life as an adventure and live it.
This is not a practice session but a one time thing. And if people do not like who you are then F' em! Their loss.....

I have 2 sons about your age and it tears my heart out watching them learn from their mistakes.
I so much want to jump in and help them up and wipe their noses but they are now men and must learn from their own mistakes as everyone does.
They are finding that they choose their own paths in life and have no one to blame for the paths that they do choose but themselves.
I gladly give advice when asked but until recently they have seldom listened. I think they have finally figured out us old folk do know a thing or two about life.

Everyone learns from their mistakes. If not the human race would have been long gone from repeatedly walking into the fire.

The best of luck Miss Soap....your time to shine is coming

barbling · 09-02-2009, 05:22 AM

I choose to view it as never making mistakes, I merely create opportunities for extreme frustration for myself.

EVERYTHING can be turned into a learning experience....and sometimes those 'mistakes' are the precursors to tremendous success.

Quote:

Many of us give up when we fail. We allow an attitude of defeat to take over. Over the years whenever I failed or made a mistake, I always thought of Thomas Edison, of his achievements but more so of his attitude. Read the following quotes and I think you will see a reflection of a man who had a positive attitude, a man who persevered and didn't let mistakes stop him.
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

Thomas Edison Mistake Quotes, Inspirational Words of Wisdom

They're words to live by.

acedalright · 09-02-2009, 07:00 AM

Some mistakes are based on repetition, such as bad choices that one makes over a lifetime until they become habit.

They are my folly

RyanParenti · 09-02-2009, 07:26 AM

Nice tips, it is important to learn and move forward

livewellfinancial · 09-02-2009, 09:55 AM

Yes, learn from your mistake and make sure not to repeat same mistake again...

usmanshakir · 09-02-2009, 10:18 AM

I always try my best not to repeat my mistakes agian.
But its really too dificult to leave any thing which you like most.
Some time, i know that i am going to make a mistake but i cry after making mistakes.

Christopher Grant · 09-02-2009, 10:44 AM

Well it also goes with the saying that "Experience is the Best Teacher", for we can all know that we did wrong, if we tried/did it. But the advantages of it is that, from that mistake, we can try to avoid doing it and make it right.

manadospace · 09-04-2009, 09:47 AM

sometimes yes, not all iam a little hard man but no problem when i must learn from mistake

Paul Ho · 09-04-2009, 10:29 AM

Yes I try my best to learn from my mistakes.. It's the only way to improve as a person.. yep.

doralin · 09-04-2009, 11:04 AM

Usually it will takes me to make the same mistake a few times before I learn the lesson. I'm stubborn and as long as I think its right, I will keep on do it.
But I do believe that people should learn from mistake and that experiences is the best lesson.

richnicol.co.uk · 09-04-2009, 11:53 AM

Doing things wrong and learning from your mistakes are without question the best learning or teaching lessions in life. I tend to mull over mistakes i have made and worry about them etc, but its those mistakes that have helped me in future business to do the correct thing instead of sometimes weakness of being a human. I have succeeded from doing things wrong at first essentially.

thehypnoman · 10-28-2009, 10:10 AM

I was always told to try everything once, then you learn what not to do next time!

maggie2 · 10-28-2009, 03:54 PM

Sometimes I learn from my mistakes the first time and then I'm really happy because I don't have to repeat the lesson. Sometimes I have a thick head and don't learn from a mistake. Then the lesson gets repeated until I do learn it. I hate it when I realize that I had the opportunity to learn the lesson before and didn't, but I also recognize that we all sometimes repeat mistakes and I'm no different than anyone else. So then the best next step is to just learn and move on.

What I really love, though, is when I can learn something without having to make a mistake myself. For example, when I'm reading threads here in the forum and learn from something someone posts and I don't have to go through the mistake myself because I can apply the knowledge that the poster has shared. That's a real treasure because it saves us time and energy and allows us to move forward more quickly and efficiently.

There seems to be a good balance between those mistakes I have to learn on my own and those that I can avoid because of my own common sense or because of something I've learned from someone else or from reading etc. etc.

dcrannik · 11-07-2009, 11:12 AM

Making A Mistake: I was just thinking something similiar to this the other day that came up in a conversation with a friend of mine. I could of retired from the Army National Guard 2 years ago had I stayed in. Hind site is always 20/20. Being 17 years old at that time you do not think about retirement. Next thing you know 20 years has come and gone. I ended up serving 11 years w/ one tour in Iraq during Desert Shield/Storm. After getting out, my Unit deployed again a few years later to Iraq. I think to myself, had I satyed in; would I have been fortunate to stay alive and able to survive again, would I have been able to handle leaving my wife and kids (which I did not have the first time I deployed)? Lets think about this. I was able to move on with my life and my career w/o the Military Life. Blessings come in many different forms so I ask the question: Did I really make a mistake by not staying in the Military? I do not think so? That was just the closing of one door and the opening of another door of opportunity. Most of the time mistakes are a good thing because you learn from them and they lead you to other paths to explore where you are better off to be anyway. I am successful and happy with my current life. No regrets here.

THY · 11-08-2009, 03:46 AM

I agree. Even the most successful person in the world make mistakes and this is how we pick up the knowledge. Nothing is better than going through trial and error and improve from there.

Tom Harvey · 11-08-2009, 09:56 AM

At 20 yeas old, you are wise beyond your years and clearly have profited from your mistakes.. Way to go.

You are going to be just fine..Keep looking and moving forward.

08-31-2009, 11:22 AM	#1
Emily Meeks Innovative Revelation War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,010 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 711 Thanked 263 Times in 178 Posts Contact Info	Do you learn from your mistakes? It doesn't matter how old you are or how many years you've gone to school, the best lessons are learned from your mistakes. I'm 20 years old but I've made more than my fair share of mistakes. While I was always aware of responsibilities I had, they didn't really drive the point home for a very long time... I'm also not going to blame the President, the economy, Britney Spears, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson or anyone else for how I've handled them. The vast majority of my mistakes were my own damn fault. I'm glad I was young when I screwed up with money, though. The earlier I learn, the easier it is to fix it. I know what I need to do now, as well as what NOT to do. Sure I could've read Suze Orman all day beforehand, but sometimes you have to learn the hard way. Sure, I wish I'd kept a job during my sophomore/junior years of high school, sure, I wish I hadn't gotten so stressed out senior year that I broke down and spent everything, but it's all shoulda-woulda-coulda. Do YOU learn from your mistakes? What is one mistake that you've made in your life, but you can look back and say what you've learned or how you've become a better person?
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Jack Chua HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 235 Thanks: 19 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Do you learn from your mistakes? I can relate with this. I had a lot of mistakes too, some gave me lessons to learn and some are just the results of human weakness. All I can say is that experience is the best teacher about life.
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VoodooMethods Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston Posts: 45 Thanks: 13 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Contact Info	Re: Do you learn from your mistakes? I've learned more things from screwing up than from doing it the right way, that's for sure. The beauty of screwing up is that you have to find out how you screwed up and how you can fix it. That is learning! I think I've screwed up about 10 times for every time I did it right the first time.

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Kay King Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA. Posts: 15,134 Thanks: 3,680 Thanked 4,120 Times in 2,246 Posts	Re: Do you learn from your mistakes? Some mistakes I've learned from - some I haven't. Some I barely survived. Guess what. No matter how many mistakes you make there are always new ones. There are so many lessons to learn that mistakes can trip you up when you least expect them or be the brick wall you see coming at you. Some mistakes take serious thought and blaming yourself is self defeating. If you spent money recklessly and hurt yourself doing it - it's not what you did that's important. Instead, it's what your thought process was that led you to make that mistake. When it comes to money, there are emotional triggers and controlling those can prevent a lot of mistakes. On the bright side, mistakes prove you're human! kay

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maggie2 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: , , Canada. Posts: 122 Thanks: 36 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Do you learn from your mistakes? Sometimes I learn from my mistakes the first time and then I'm really happy because I don't have to repeat the lesson. Sometimes I have a thick head and don't learn from a mistake. Then the lesson gets repeated until I do learn it. I hate it when I realize that I had the opportunity to learn the lesson before and didn't, but I also recognize that we all sometimes repeat mistakes and I'm no different than anyone else. So then the best next step is to just learn and move on. What I really love, though, is when I can learn something without having to make a mistake myself. For example, when I'm reading threads here in the forum and learn from something someone posts and I don't have to go through the mistake myself because I can apply the knowledge that the poster has shared. That's a real treasure because it saves us time and energy and allows us to move forward more quickly and efficiently. There seems to be a good balance between those mistakes I have to learn on my own and those that I can avoid because of my own common sense or because of something I've learned from someone else or from reading etc. etc.
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dcrannik Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Jefferson City, MO Posts: 34 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Do you learn from your mistakes? Making A Mistake: I was just thinking something similiar to this the other day that came up in a conversation with a friend of mine. I could of retired from the Army National Guard 2 years ago had I stayed in. Hind site is always 20/20. Being 17 years old at that time you do not think about retirement. Next thing you know 20 years has come and gone. I ended up serving 11 years w/ one tour in Iraq during Desert Shield/Storm. After getting out, my Unit deployed again a few years later to Iraq. I think to myself, had I satyed in; would I have been fortunate to stay alive and able to survive again, would I have been able to handle leaving my wife and kids (which I did not have the first time I deployed)? Lets think about this. I was able to move on with my life and my career w/o the Military Life. Blessings come in many different forms so I ask the question: Did I really make a mistake by not staying in the Military? I do not think so? That was just the closing of one door and the opening of another door of opportunity. Most of the time mistakes are a good thing because you learn from them and they lead you to other paths to explore where you are better off to be anyway. I am successful and happy with my current life. No regrets here.
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THY Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 26 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Do you learn from your mistakes? I agree. Even the most successful person in the world make mistakes and this is how we pick up the knowledge. Nothing is better than going through trial and error and improve from there.
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Tom Harvey Affiliate Ninja War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New York & Vienna, Austria Posts: 79 Thanks: 5 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Do you learn from your mistakes? At 20 yeas old, you are wise beyond your years and clearly have profited from your mistakes.. Way to go. You are going to be just fine..Keep looking and moving forward.