Experience Isn't the Best Teacher 👩🏻‍🏫

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Hi friends,

On Wednesday during my regular workout sessions at the gym, I decided to do something different. Listen to an audiobook instead of a podcast. The book was Self Improvement 101 by John Maxwell. I came across a parable on evaluating experiences that I couldn’t wait to share with you.

The parable of a fox, a wolf, and a bear

One day the fox, wolf, and bear went hunting together, and after each of them caught a deer, they discussed how to divide the spoils.

The bear asked the wolf how he thought it should be done. The wolf said everyone should get one deer. Suddenly the bear ate the wolf.

Then the bear asked the fox how he proposed to divvy things up. The fox offered the bear his deer and then said the bear ought to take the wolf’s deer as well.

“Where did you get such wisdom?” asked the bear.

“From the wolf,” replied the fox.

I had to listen to it twice before I understood it. When I did, I laughed so hard at the last question the bear asked the fox. The lesson here is that experiences must be evaluated before anything can be learned from them. We don’t have to make the same mistakes others have made if we’ll have an open approach to life and remain as students.

Have a great weekend.

Zubby

💬 Quote of the week:

“We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.”

― John Dewey

💼 Apply Today (5 minutes)

Ask yourself at the end of every day:

What’s one thing I learned today?

🥘 Growth Food:

📚 Book: Self Improvement 101 by John Maxwell. A very small book can be read in an hour but it’s fully packed with the best wisdom on personal development.

📹 Video: How To Get Ahead of 99% of People (Starting Today) by Mark Manson. Another way to word this video is how to be in the 1% of people. Mark does a good job of listing the 3 criteria it takes and also why you might not want to be in the 1%.

📻 Podcast: When is it too late to become a YouTuber? by The Colin & Samir Show. If you’re thinking about starting a YouTube channel then this podcast is for you. Colin and Samir have been in the YouTube game for 10 years.

🔊 Growth Spread:

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Until next week, take care!

Zubby.

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