"The Lesson I Learned The Hard Way"

I have come to see this life as an unrelenting teacher, and I wasn't expecting it's classroom to be on a fixed syllabus. There are two ways you might find yourself acquiring knowledge, it could be, the gentle soft path or through own personal experience and pain.
No matter which way you're learning, what matters at the end, are the lessons we get from them because the kind of shape our growth.

How open are you to learning, are you teachable?

I'll take myself to be highly open and a teachable person. For someone to be teachable requires humility. This implies that no man is an island, one person does not know it all, you can acquire knowledge from anybody regardless of their age. Everyday of our life is a learning process. I'm this type of person that love paying attention to the experience of other people, the choices made and the outcomes.

What is that lesson you learned the hard way?

Procrastination and overconfidence, were the lessons I learned the hard way. I had an exam to write, a particular course which I considered an easy one. So, I didn't bother taking the reading that serious, even when my friends checked up on me for night reading. My idea was before the day of the exam, I would quickly review my past questions and my notes.

On the day of the exam, the question papers were shared, I felt this cold sweat broke across my forehead. The questions wasn't really what I was expecting. It was just a test of basic concept, it was indeed more than that, which I did not prepare for. A lot of people go through this, more reasons why some people go into the exam hall with sitting formation, but sometimes it fails too. I managed to finish the paper but I really felt bad. Few days later, the results came out and I wasn't really impressed with my performance. I would have done better, only if I had reviewed my books.

Do you think learning it that way made you a better person today?

Absolutely, the lessons learned from that experience made me to stop the habit of underestimating task and taught me seriousness when dealing with daily tasks, no matter how simple they may look.
After that day, It made me to be more disciplined, realistic and the need for preparation.
I stopped relying on dying minute rushes. I tackle my responsibilities, with a sense of urgency and thorough preparation.

Imagine where I passed the exams with ease, my bad habits would be valid, maybe leading to bigger dead end.

I would love to invite @ngozi996, @knarfb, and @major1885 to share their experiences in this contest.