Have you ever learned some lesson from other's life and their mistakes?

Yes, i have also learned from the mistakes committed by others including my dad. My dad started a business which he shouldn`t have. He was a completely honest and transparent and trustful person.Therefore others took advantage of his goodness and swindled and fooled him.Since he trusted everyone he got into debt and paid for it with his life.Fortunately the goodwill that he had accumulated came to our help and many of his creditors who had known him throughout his life waived the amounts due to them. I too went abroad and earned enough money to pay off a major part of the debt. I then resolved never to get into debt or take a loan in my entire life even if i was short of cash. This has helped me to have a clean reputation and i always live within my means so that i need not ask anybody for money.There are many other things i have learned which are too numerous to enumerate.By watching others make a mistake one can learn not to repeat it and lead a life of happiness and contentment. Nowadays people have become greedy and are lured into committing crimes which ultimately land them into deep trouble.The latest is the case of Tiger Woods. He had such a good reputation but he has been caught out and nobody will ever trust him any more.As they say "if wealth is lost nothing is lost,if health is lost something is lost but if character is lost everything is lost." Tiger has not only ruined his family life but has become a laughing stock in front of the world.

i ever learned some lesson from other's life and their mistakes,i find that there is limit to learn from books,so learning some lesson from other's life and their mistakes which become a source.i could not understand it fully,i find that it change much because life change,so i always learned some lesson from it,i lost a lot of money to accept this lesson.maybe like some people said when you lost something,at the same time you can gain something from it.