Two Routes To Growth...

I think that there are two main routes to growth - learning from experience, and learning before you experience.

For most of my adult life, the balance was very much tipped towards learning from experience - make a mistake, learn not to do it again, repeat.

It has taken me a while, but these days I try to do most of my learning before I begin. Reading, asking, listening and watching - all help to anticipate and hopefully prepare me for the challenges that will inevitably arise.

I still make plenty of mistakes but, if this makes sense, learning before I make them makes for making better mistakes…