Stop repeating the same mistakes
How to Learn from Your Mistakes? How to stop repeating the same mistakes?
To discuss how to learn from mistakes, you must first determine if you tend to repeat the same mistakes over and over.
Do you learn from them?
Let me provide you with two examples: one from the realm of sports and another from the financial field.
In sports, during sparring, for instance, if you tend to rush, neglecting to take the time to analyze your opponent and instead engaging without thought or strategy, you will soon realize that your approach does not work well against all opponents.
It is crucial in sparring to allocate time for analysis, either beforehand through video footage or during the fight itself, especially if you are unfamiliar with your opponent or lack available video footage to study their strategy. If you consistently launch into using your techniques without pause, you are repeating the same mistake instead of taking the opportunity to analyze. Rushing shows a lack of control, despite your coach advising against it and emphasizing the importance of analysis and pacing. Although you may have recognized that rushing leads to losing ground, you persist in making the same mistake, allowing your emotions to take over.
Preventing repeating mistakes
To prevent repeating the mistake, write it down on a piece of paper as a reminder for the future. To confirm that you have truly learned from your mistakes this time, create a slide presentation explaining the specific errors and how to correct them. If you are unable to present and teach someone else, then you have not fully grasped the significance of the mistake.
Perhaps you fail to grasp the importance of rectifying this mistake, or maybe it simply does not hold much significance for you to progress, even though without progress, we only regress.
The greatest value of learning lies in recognizing our mistakes. It is through defeat that we truly learn.
We often regard victory as something beautiful, but we learn much more from defeat. However, we can only learn if we analyze our mistakes and make improvements for the next time.
Now let me share the second example: an investment strategy.
One rule I adhere to is to never buy a stock that is experiencing a price drop. As the saying goes, you don't catch a falling knife. Similarly, I refrain from purchasing a stock if its price continues to decline. Yet, despite setting this rule for myself, I have broken it twice.
The first time, I acknowledged my mistake and remembered not to repeat it. However, recently, I made the same mistake again. The reason? My impulsiveness, impatience, and occasional fear of missing the right opportunity. It is often the lack of patience that leads us to repeat the mistakes we have already made. Rushing and surrendering to emotions share a common trait. Both rushing and impatience stem from uncontrolled emotions, which hinder our analytical abilities.
To summarize, we learn far more from defeat than from victory. Certainly, we gain insights from our mistakes, but only if we comprehend the error, possess the determination to change, and firmly establish a rule to prevent its repetition. Repeating the same mistake multiple times indicates a failure to learn, missing out on a significant opportunity for progress.
Therefore, the next time you make a mistake, grab a piece of paper and jot it down. Understand it, establish a personal rule in your code to avoid repeating the error, and maintain a notebook where you record all your mistakes, committing not to repeat them.
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