It's taken me a long time to realize that the lessons aren't there to get through and check off so that you're done. The lessons are there so you can get good at learning. You get skilled at life so that you can have the most rewarding experience. The lessons teach you the skills, and … Continue reading Lessons
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Lessons
Anything can be looked at as a lesson. We're still learning, and when we go through something, it helps to remember that there is a lesson in there that can help for the next time. It also helps to remember that the lessons never stop. In other words, you're not done, you don't know it … Continue reading Lessons
Lessons
When you can look at everything you go through in life as lessons, you have a chance to feel empowered rather than put upon. Your struggles and triumphs are lessons that can help strengthen your resolve and give you greater wisdom. All of this strength and wisdom can only make you better, and more skilled … Continue reading Lessons
Undo
You can't undo what's done. What's happened has happened, and there's no going back. Time only moves forward. The best thing you can do is learn from the experience, and choose differently going forward. If you could undo the whole thing you wouldn't benefit from the lesson. So, it works out for the best anyway.
Mistakes
Mistakes are simply lessons. The bigger the mistake, the bigger chance you have to learn. You just need to choose to see it that way, and then learn from your mistakes.
Mistakes
Mistakes happen. In fact, they should happen. They're the best teachers. As long as you pay attention. Don't be too proud to allow yourself to make mistakes. Don't wallow in them either. Do the best that you can, and when you make a mistake learn from it. That way, you'll do even better next time.
Mistakes
If you've made a mistake, then congratulations! You've now, (hopefully) learned a valuable lesson. And so, you don't need to keep reliving it in your mind, in all its cringe-worthy detail. Living through it once should suffice. But why do we like to replay those embarrassingly low points of our lives over and over, on … Continue reading Mistakes
Knowledge
It's important to study and train to develop skills for success. But studying can easily turn into a way to hide from actually becoming a success. Seth Godin asks: What have you done with what you’ve learned? You can pick any subject and gain all of the knowledge there is to find on it, but … Continue reading Knowledge
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