Except drugs and addiction. Skip that mistake and learn from other peoples failures.

Adding to that, in order to learn from mistakes, you need to first know and acknowledge you’re making a mistake. This sounds like common sense, surprisingly not. You can go years or your entire life before you realize you’ve made a cataclysmic mistake. Could be right in your face while you’ve been living in denial.

Next choose to learn from your mistakes, and it’s not always easy. ** either you choose to learn or you will continue to make the same mistake.