How good are you from learning your mistakes and past bad experiences ?

By Bala
@balasri (26537)
India
September 6, 2008 11:29pm CST
Do you always manage to turn in to a new person or fall back in to that trap of committing the same mistake again?
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
9 Sep 08
I try my best to learn from my past mistakes and lean a lesson from bad experiences. Many a times I do not fall back into the trap in the same situation, yet sometimes I commit the same mistake, which I should not. I think committing mistakes is part of the game and till we commit mistakes, we do not learn. What about you Bala?
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@balasri (26537)
• India
10 Sep 08
I am a sucker for tears.Many a times I have been taken for a ride by the sob stories.I have helped many cons in this process.I never learn.But at least I am happy that I have been able to help some authentic ones too.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
11 Sep 08
I fully agree with you Bala, sobbing faces with tears can take us for a ride and we become fools sometimes.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
11 Sep 08
It is great you come out to help others.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
8 Sep 08
I can say I am quite good at.i have done mistakes like believing people so easily. i was cheated big time in this. so now i do not believe people so easily.
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@balasri (26537)
• India
8 Sep 08
We all learn from our mistakes since the day we were born.We have not started walking and talking in a single day.It happens in every ones life Subha.
@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
7 Sep 08
Hello Bala, nice to see you with another interesting discussion. . Well this discussion is not only interesting but also bitter in taste...lol as it has left some unpleasant memories and some inerasable scars deep inside us. I think I am a good learner and have never repeated the same mistake again. I am mentally not very strong to tolerate again again same kind of insult and frustration and will take every step very carefully , not to fall again into such kind of trap....what about you.........I think you are same as me.....but let' hear it from you.
@balasri (26537)
• India
7 Sep 08
Mein bhi ek dhum aap ki thara hum.Once bitten twice shy.I never face the person who gave the bitter experience and never go to a place which has taught me a lesson.Avoiding the the ones that you are not comfortable with is the only way to happiness.
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
7 Sep 08
I knew Bala, you could not be different from me. We are very emotional people and try to keep distance from such people with whom we are not comfortable and also such places where we feel as if we will die due to suffocation.....we are happy in our simple world.....where we can share and smile together..... Have a nice day Bala.
@balasri (26537)
• India
7 Sep 08
Thanks Apsara.It is always a pleasure meeting you here.I sure can feel the warmth of the friendship.Good day to you and take care.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
7 Sep 08
I am pretty good at learning from all of my mistakes but every now and then, people try to drag me back down that same old road again. I just tell them no because that is not the right road for me to take.
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@balasri (26537)
• India
7 Sep 08
Right decision Steohcjh.
@nic_knick (739)
• China
7 Sep 08
I have no idea whether I am a good learner or not, but I think I try to learn from the mistake I made. And I hope that the same mistake won't ever happen again, because that would make me look very stupid, I think clever and smart people would not commit the same mistake twice. Certainly, I am not the clever and smart one. Hope you are..
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@balasri (26537)
• India
7 Sep 08
But you seemed to be very clever and smart by the way you have responded.
@Mirita (2668)
• United States
7 Sep 08
Is easy for me to forgive ,but is very hard to forget ,so I try my best to stay from people who have hurt me in the past. Is order for us to be successful, we need to surround ourselves with positive people.
@balasri (26537)
• India
8 Sep 08
Rightly said.You cannot archive anything without a peaceful mind.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
7 Sep 08
I think I have learnt good and proper my friend, because it cost me 9 years of my life and that is something you never want to repeat! I had a very bad experience well two which concerned my past relationships! I was always looking for my knight in shining armour to come and rescue me and then I would sail off into the sunset and then after a time I would look for my next knight to rescue me. Well I suddenly realized that the only person who could rescue me is ME! And I stopped looking for the knight. I have learnt from my bitter, regretful mistakes and I have vowed never to get into another relationship again.
@balasri (26537)
• India
7 Sep 08
You are a very brave man Wolfie.It feels good to read your confession.Bravo.
@karmendra (1123)
• India
7 Sep 08
some time mistakes and bad experience teach you how to live life.. i think it is good for us.. i always try for don't do mistakes again,, in my life.. have a nice day..
@littleowl (7157)
13 Sep 08
Hi bala..fortunatly I have turned out a better person for all the hard things that have happened to me and am glad as I now have learned what I was meant of learnt I am free and can lice my life as I should..littleowl
@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Sep 08
I'm pretty good at learning important lessons Bala. I trust people far too much and sometimes get hurt, but I'm also big on forgiveness. Life is too short to hold grudges. I am very good at telling other people to learn from their mistakes. I should listen to myself sometimes!! LOL.
@balasri (26537)
• India
7 Sep 08
You are absolutely correct.It is a great mistake to miss the chances to learn from our mistakes.