Is experience something you get, when you didn't get what you wanted?

Question

Is experience something you get, when you didn't get what you wanted?

Answer 1

Yup, that's a great way to look at it.

Answer 2

Sometimes. Like when you get hired at a job you don't like.. "Well, at least I got some experience."

Answer 3

this reminds me of a quote...

nice little twist on that stupid Forrest Gump one...

"Life is like a box of chocolates: a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift

that no one ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get back is

another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable whiff-

mint c**p that you mindlessly wolf down until there's nothing else to

eat. Sure, once in a while there's a peanut butter cup, english toffee,

but they're gone too fast, the taste is fleeting. So you end up with

nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering

nuts. If you're desperate enough to eat those all you've got left is an

empty box filled with useless brown paper wrappers."

                                        -The Cancer Man

Answer 4

No, experience is gained by learning from the dumb*ss mistakes you make.

Answer 5

that's a great way of putting it

Answer 6

No. Experience is the result of actions and the results of choice no matter if the goal was met or not.

Answer 7

I think so...

I hate learning that way.