{"id":396,"date":"2008-03-03T00:02:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T05:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/growing-wiser-i"},"modified":"2008-03-03T00:02:30","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T05:02:30","slug":"growing-wiser-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Growing wiser instead of just growing older"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This was written some time ago and I feel that it still applies. Enjoy.<\/p>\n

LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

As we age, we have experiences that range from incredibly good to
\ndisastrous. If we survive these experiences, we have a chance to learn
\nfrom them and go on to further adventures. If we get stuck in these
\nexperiences, we merely get older.<\/p>\n

I’d like to suggest that charging into the barricades of life with
\nguns blazing and a total determination to succeed is a winning
\nstrategy, as long as you keep track of the odds against you. If the
\nodds against you keep rising, you have made a tactical error and need
\nto fall back to a point of safety and regroup. <\/p>\n

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There is nothing wrong in making a few mistakes. It’s making the
\nsame mistake over and over that reveals your level of insanity. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You are
\nled into making mistakes when you have insufficient or incorrect
\ninformation. Learning from mistakes allows for continuous improvement.
\nThere are some professions like design engineering and programming
\nwhich are simply organized methods for learning from earlier mistakes.<\/p>\n

If you learn from your experiences instead of repressing them or
\nfixating on them, you will surely achieve a measure of wisdom over
\ntime. I think that is a happier course of action than avoiding life or
\nregretting life. You become smarter over time, because your experience
\nhas turned into knowledge.

BEING STUCK IN THE PAST<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s look at the other end of the spectrum, the people who seem to
\nbe getting older but not wiser. You will find that their attention is
\nstuck in the past, either on their failures or more surprisingly, their
\nsuccesses.<\/p>\n

Too many times, the high school football star, the Homecoming Queen,
\nand those fortunate children who are in the right place to become real
\ncelebrities on the stage or screen, are unable to move on and duplicate
\nthat success elsewhere.<\/p>\n

This can even happen at work. A salesperson can have an incredible
\nseason which catapults his or her company into a new operating range.
\nIf the company promotes them to a managerial position, they may never
\nagain achieve the success they once had. If they cannot change and move
\non, they remain a perpetual has-been in their own minds although they
\nhave as much ability as they ever did.<\/p>\n

Let’s looks at the more usual case, the disaster which changes your
\nlife. If you have really failed hard at something, whether a career, a
\nmarriage, or a business of your own, you know how hard it is to pick up
\nthe pieces and move on. Death of a loved one falls into the same
\ncategory. The only thing I can tell you from my own experiences is that
\nall of these are surmountable and you will go on to happier days with
\nrenewed love of life if you persevere.<\/p>\n

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Do not allow yourself to pine over past
\nglories or past defeats. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The beautiful sadness of regret may look good
\nin tragic novels, but it doesn’t do much for real life. Appreciate the
\nfact that you are still alive and continue to create your own
\ntomorrows. <\/p>\n

Set a goal, any goal, and work toward it using all of the
\nexperience you have gained. You will get wiser as you get older and you
\nmay enjoy life a lot more.<\/p>\n

THE BOTTOM LINE<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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It is almost impossible to create a future while looking backwards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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