Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 139: Is Experience The Best Teacher?

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In your understanding, kindly define "Experience".

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To my understanding experience is defined as having first-hand knowledge, or an idea about something that I don't need anyone to tell me about. Experience is like having real knowledge of something, so I don't need anyone to tell me about it because of my experience with the thing. It is a knowledge that we learn from our past.

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Do you agree or disagree with the statement "Experience is the best Teacher"? Defend your take

Yes, I agree with the statement "Experience is the best Teacher" because we learn faster from our experience.

Experience is the best teacher because from our experience we get to know what is good or wrong for us to do and when we haven't gotten experience over something we will think the thing is the best for us to do but when we have gotten experience we then know that what we're struggling for isn't worth our time. Experience is the best teacher because we learn faster from our past which helps us to shape our future.

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Is learning from mistakes faster or slower than learning from books or a mentor? Share with us your thoughts

Yes, learning from mistakes is faster than learning from books or a mentor. Learning from mistakes helps us to avoid future mistakes and it helps us to have a deep understanding of what we need.

Although they both work hand in hand with each other as we need books to expand our knowledge, and a mentor to guide us. The best part of learning from mistakes is that it helps us to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

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How would you balance between learning by experience and listening to someone who has been there?

I would balance between learning by experience and listening to someone who has been there by not repeating what I have done that I am not good at. Also as per listening to someone who has been there is will balance it with my experience by asking the person some important questions to know much better.