WE ONLY LEARN WHAT WE WANT TO LEARN
Image courtesy : Internet M eeta, my friend, shared an inspiring quote this morning: “Your best teacher is your last mistake.” But, the next moment, I was wondering if it was: ‘Your last mistake Is your best teacher.” A ttitude. Perspective. Outlook. Paradigm… Call it by whatever name you like. But, they all boil down to the same essence: In Life, you only see what you want to see… You only hear what you want to hear… You only learn what you want to learn… The moral of the story is what you like to draw from the story… Yes, what ‘suits your fancy, your imagination’! One of the earliest motivational books I had read was ‘Your Erroneous Zones’ by Dr. Wayne Dyer. He starts with this story: “O nce a very famous motivational-speaker – they call themselves ‘Life-coach’ these days – had come to transform the lives of a group of chronic alcoholics. It was believed that the man, with his charm and power, would compel the addicts to...