Learning from Past Experiences to Make Less Mistakes
Do you wish you could prevent mistakes?
Is there a way to do it easily?
Real Life Challenge
For today’s real-life challenge imagine you’re in the middle of folding laundry and you smell something burning.
Noooooo, your onions burnt AGAIN.
Why does it always have to happen to you?
Cognitive Functions
Why does this always have to happen to you OR why are doing something that will cause the food to burn?
You may be surprised to learn this might be coming from the cognitive deficiency (weak thinking skill) of projecting virtual relationships.
In simple English it means being able to see the connection between two items that isn’t obvious.
For example, being able to understand how two people can be cousins.
Learning from past experiences is making a connection between something that happened to you in the past to something you are dealing with now.
Why Should You Learn from Past Experiences
Before we get into how to learn from past experiences, let’s discuss 3 reasons why should you learn from past experiences:
1. You’re going to make less mistakes next time you do the task as you’ll learn from the past what to do in the future.
2. You’ll save time because you won't be wasting time making mistakes.
3. When you do a NEW task, you can take a strategy from a different situation and bring it here.
This is actually called bridging, which we’ll discuss it in a later episode.
How to Learn from Past Experiences
Learning from past experiences is just like metacognition, as we spoke about in episode 357.
This time though, it happens BEFORE you do that task.
Stop and think:
- What have I done last time to help me get this task done in the most efficient and effective way?
- What mistakes did I make in the past that I want to prevent this time?
- Or what strategy have I used in the past that will help me here?
Back to our real-life challenge, if you know you burn onions often, next time you fry onions, you’ll want to be near them.
No, you don’t have to stand on top of the pan the entire time but maybe instead of folding laundry you can organize the fridge?
There’s no right or wrong here, it’s about coming up with a strategy that works for you, so you stop making mistakes.
Your Challenge
Your challenge this week is to learn from a past experience.
Before you do a task ask yourself:
How can I succeed at this?
What strategy do I need?
Or what do I have to be aware of?
Let's do this!
Hi, I'm ST,
Just like you, I want to be more efficient and effective.
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
Your Essential Guide
to Cognitive Functions
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Cognitive Functions Assessment
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
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Learning from Past Experiences to Make Less Mistakes
Do you wish you could prevent mistakes?
Is there a way to do it easily?
Real Life Challenge
For today’s real-life challenge imagine you’re in the middle of folding laundry and you smell something burning.
Noooooo, your onions burnt AGAIN.
Why does it always have to happen to you?
Cognitive Functions
Why does this always have to happen to you OR why are doing something that will cause the food to burn?
You may be surprised to learn this might be coming from the cognitive deficiency (weak thinking skill) of projecting virtual relationships.
In simple English it means being able to see the connection between two items that isn’t obvious.
For example, being able to understand how two people can be cousins.
Learning from past experiences is making a connection between something that happened to you in the past to something you are dealing with now.
Why Should You Learn from Past Experiences
Before we get into how to learn from past experiences, let’s discuss 3 reasons why should you learn from past experiences:
1. You’re going to make less mistakes next time you do the task as you’ll learn from the past what to do in the future.
2. You’ll save time because you won't be wasting time making mistakes.
3. When you do a NEW task, you can take a strategy from a different situation and bring it here.
This is actually called bridging, which we’ll discuss it in a later episode.
How to Learn from Past Experiences
Learning from past experiences is just like metacognition, as we spoke about in episode 357.
This time though, it happens BEFORE you do that task.
Stop and think:
- What have I done last time to help me get this task done in the most efficient and effective way?
- What mistakes did I make in the past that I want to prevent this time?
- Or what strategy have I used in the past that will help me here?
Back to our real-life challenge, if you know you burn onions often, next time you fry onions, you’ll want to be near them.
No, you don’t have to stand on top of the pan the entire time but maybe instead of folding laundry you can organize the fridge?
There’s no right or wrong here, it’s about coming up with a strategy that works for you, so you stop making mistakes.
Your Challenge
Your challenge this week is to learn from a past experience.
Before you do a task ask yourself:
How can I succeed at this?
What strategy do I need?
Or what do I have to be aware of?
Let's do this!
Hi, I'm ST,
Just like you, I want to be more efficient and effective.
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
Your Essential Guide
to Cognitive Functions
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Cognitive Functions Assessment
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
We're on for 1M downloads
By the end of 2025
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!
