Subdeacon Joe Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 A quote from a book my wife is reading:"experience is the comb life gives you after you’ve lost your hair.”" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 The ability to make good decisions comes from experience, the kind of experience you get by making bad decisions. and Experience is a harsh teacher, she gives the test first and the lesson follows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 I always liked this quotation, in the case of unfortunate experiences, it certainly makes sense. “Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.” ― Otto von Bismarck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 EXPERIENCE: What we use to make the same mistake differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 When you try to teach your experience to fools and they shun you, walk away and let them learn. Don’t look back except to laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 My Dad said the first time something happened, it was experience. The second, education. The third, stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 ive always heard that quote different - education was reading abut it and experience was doint it , but then thats not a lot different "save that" the quote implys you learn by doing it wrong and i dont recall my experience being 'just that' , it was more by learning from those that have been doing it a long time successfully , even as the vice president of a fair sized company i always listened to my people in the field - not all the feedback was worth much [some was just gripes] but a lot of it was well worth hearing and i always said i needed to learn something new every day , i still believe that , some of what im learning in retirement is far more subtle , a lot is about people , some not so good , but some very enlightening - things i never had time for in the past , i was in architecture/construction , that has a particular segment or two of humanity , now im seeing a lot of others and have time to really pay attention to in ways i never took time for back then , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Will Rogers said "Some people learn by readin', some by watchin, and some by doin. And then some just gotta pee on the fence." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Experience is what allows you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 3 hours ago, DeaconKC said: Will Rogers said "Some people learn by readin', some by watchin, and some by doin. And then some just gotta pee on the fence." ....... electric fence ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Wisdom and good judgement come from experience. Much experience comes from lack of wisdom and good judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 I spent much of my childhood and later youth in the presence of people who had lots of experience and I listened to and learned from them! I also did many things against my own better judgment and in direct conflict with knowledge gained from the experience of others!! I now have the knowledge of my own experience and the reinforcement of others’ experiences to pass along to the generation that follows. Maybe they will listen better than I did…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Been there. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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