The past is easy to look back on and learn from because “knowing what I know now ” But it can also make us sure in the present, too.
However…
Looking into the future, we only operate in ambiguity. A space reserved with our imagination.
This drives us crazy because we are so anchored in certainty.
It’s why we stay at a lousy job longer than we should–we know what we are in for.
Only when we move to this space of risk, uncertainty, and exposure do we get to look back at the choices we made through the eyes of “knowing what I know now.”
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Going forward, the question we get to ask is, “What will I learn then?”