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by Andrew Lam-Po-Tang
What does it mean to be experienced?
It means that you can see further because you have lived longer, in real time, in experiential time, and in both. It means that you can see consequences more clearly.
Consequences have a way of broadening out, affecting more people, in ways that you do and don't agree with. You see that now, not every now and then, but most of the time.
So you do less, not because you want to, but because you can see the consequences more clearly, and so the price of action is sometimes just not worth it.
Fortunately, the inhibitions are not there ALL of the time, just most of the time.
When the inhibitions are not there, experience allows you to predict/guess how you can achieve what you want, with the minimum of effort and in a way that is agreeable to others involved. It is very powerful in these moments and periods.
That's what makes experience worth it.
Who around you can bring you to these moments, and make them stretch into periods?
"When an advertised jobs asked for previous experience, you are
once again caught in a catch 22. You need experience to get the job, but you
first need a job to get experience. It's a vicious cycle!"
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The views expressed this article are not necessarily those of AGDA. Please note that the information in this article is the opinion of the author only. I can therefore accept no responsibility for actions taken on the basis of this information. Copyright Andrew Lam-Po-Tang (andrew@lam-po-tang com), 1998-2008. Permission is granted to freely copy this document in electronic form, or to print, for personal use. Reprinting for non-personal use will require the express permission of the author (which I will generally be very happy to give).
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