learn from experience
Gain practical wisdom
To learn from experience is to gain knowledge or skill through direct encounter rather than instruction or theory.
The phrase often implies wisdom acquired through trial and error, especially from mistakes: After the project failed, we learned from experience to build in more testing time.
Distinguished from book learning or secondhand knowledge.
- lessonsUnits of teaching
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
practical · trial-and-error · trial by fire · intuition · growth · school of hard knocks · resilience · apprenticeship · metacognition · acumen · pattern recognition · adaptation · hands-on training · improvement · feedback loops · reflection · education · proficiency
learn from experiencebook learning
Knowledge from study
learn by rote · classroom instruction · classroom learning · abstract reasoning · armchair philosophy
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