Experienced Learning

I've been working for two months now and i am getting used to with the regular routines we had at site. Funny because every time i would have a chat with someone (who's experienced already) at site, they would always tell me to gain experience for about 2-5 years, then apply for better opportunities abroad. I have no objections with what they say but i just thought that what if i could learn from them without really experiencing what they have encountered when they were learning? Then it should not take me 2-5 years before i could apply for better opportunities abroad! Bright idea isn't it? Well i can't say that it has a 100% success rate that i would learn and be as experienced as they are but the fact that they have shared a part of their experience with me and told me the mistakes they should have avoided, then somehow i felt like it added a 6 months experience to my CV ha!

Kidding aside, have you heard of a saying "Experience is the BEST teacher"?

Well one of my favorite speakers and coach told me through his book that "Other people's experiences are the best teacher"

I am very glad because i've learned a lot with that simple quote. The impact is inevitable, it has change the way i think and the way i see about learning something.

But there is one problem here,

What if the experienced person won't share his/her experience with me? Definitely i won't learn from him right?

That is why i believe that learning is also relational, having good relationships make learning more easier than studying it all by yourself. Why would you research if you can ask someone who have researched it already?

Here are some of my practical tips that i am also practicing to learn better

• Talk to older people longer than people within your age 
• Don't be complacent of what you know, there is always room for improvement 
• Don't believe the people who look down on you, they are just afraid when the time comes that they should look up on you 
• Almost everyone quits every now and then, if you haven't, it means that you are halfway there! 
• Honor your parents and love them! even if you are a MD, still mother knows best! 
• Don't preach what you do, Do what you preach. 
• Don't be too harsh on yourself if you fail just grab a sandwich, have a frappe and enjoy the learning process. 

I hope i have shared something again with you, until the next post 

Abraham Lee