— To follow is a bullet of wisdom on leadership. It comes from Tom’s rifle, named Shot, who has seen it all. You’ll get the drift by clicking Blog in the menu above. —
NOPE! THAT’S AN OLD WIVES’ TALE. Or, maybe it’s an old man’s myth. Anyway, here’s the scoop: Experience teaches if, and only if, you reflect on it, evaluate it, learn from it. So, the key is reflection on experience.
Experience is what we go through. Evaluated experience teaches. You can learn from what you go through, but you must reflect to learn. Too many long-term leaders haven’t learned. You might say they had experience that did not teach. A lot of experience does not say that a person is wise. In fact, if a person does the same dumb thing repeatedly, amount of experience tells a woeful tale.