Learning from Experience

[Matt Koshko]

I've said it many times "Experience is the Best Teacher". I don't care what education you've gone through at some expensive university, real life experience can and will teach you in the best way.
 
We learned through this community how individual experience certainly varies. Based on a survey published in October, the desires haven't entirely shifted, still sticking to some of the basic foundational needs. And with that, we recreated the community based on those interests.

 

What are some valuable lessons you've learned outside of formal education, coming directly from personal experience?

[johnmcclure]

You are right Experience is the Best Teacher. But on the other hand, you would not tell some one there is an airplane go fly it, 

[Maria McCarthy]

My biggest lesson that I've learned both in life and in business is that it's not always important to be "right" or to get the last word in.

 

I've seen many people come into this business in the past year (and into my other business and my life for years) who fixate on small things that aren't worthy of being fixated on, they fight battles that don't need to be fought (of course, what battles should be fought is a matter of opinion) and they believe they always have to be right or that the perception that they are right has to be there at ALL times. Not true.

 

Those people tend to burn out a lot...they get frustrated... and the time after time action of trying to win all of these little battles (battles that aren't worthy of their time) wears them down and eventually makes them lose the ultimate battle... their business. 

 

The world is not perfect and so it goes that it's not possible to always be right or to win every battle. Know when to identify when you have a true grievance and when you don't... learn to identify when you truly have the power to make a change & when you don't... Get used to learning how to walk away so that you can focus on what you CAN do, instead.

[xtspro]

Maria,

 

You are absolutely right in the ball-park. Most people fail to listen enough AND more importantly they fail to connect with their prospect.

I once took a class (sales training system). I met Tony Robbins there and his take was....

 

"Let your prospect determine your presentation"...Tony Robbins

 

The cool thing is that I discovered what I was really doing WRONG for so many years.

 

It's never too late...huh?

 

It was such an eye opener, that I'm promoting the training priciples in my buisnesses to help people close the sale and increase their earning potential by 300%.!

 

People DO get burned out and frustrated. They don't have a CLEAR idea of what they want, they fail to take massive action, and when they do take action they fail to listen and vomit all over their prospect thus losing the sale/recuitment.

 

They simply fail to connect with their prospect.

 

You hang in there....you are going to do well!

 

Maurice

[Maria McCarthy]

Thanks, Maurice! You said what I was trying to say, so much better than I did! Much appreciated

[Federico]

Completely agree with Maria and Maurice...

[John Bell]

One of my most valuable things I've learned from experience is that some things just  have to be learned from experience

 

You can tell someone all day that something some things work better than others, but it often times takes the user experiencing it themselves before they really believe you - just give them the best tools you can, and a pillow to catch their fall, be waiting there to help and support them when they fail.

[John Priestley]

Getting it wrong the first time is a learning experience. Getting the same thing wrong again means that you just WEREN'T LISTENING! I think that is how our headmaster phrased it (smile).

 

Best regards, John.