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Wisdom from What We Did Badly

Theodore Levitt, Harvard Business School

Theodore Levitt observed, “Experience comes from what we have done. Wisdom comes from what we have done badly.” Success can confirm habits without examining them. Failure forces the question. The people who grow are often those who are willing to learn from what went wrong rather than only collecting more activity.

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Experience alone is not wisdom. Reflection on failure is often the better teacher.

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