Hey, it's Bernie!

I told my daughter the other day “you learn from your mistakes”.

And she asked “Do you always need to make a mistake before you learn something?”

That got me thinking ...

Recall the times when you don't make mistakes, what happens? You were either following instructions, processes, culture, societal norms. You don't learn during those times, you were FOLLOWING. Then one day you did something wrong. You made a mistake. Suddenly you realised that whatever you were doing was flawed. What do you do next? You changed your actions and fixed the mistake. You LEARNED.

So yes, you only learn when you make a mistake, because “learning” comes from within, “following”, on the other hand, originates from the outside. Which means that in order to learn more, you have to make more mistakes.

So, are you a follower or a learner?