Lifelong learning: Hindsight, Insight and Foresight

I was listening to the radio on my way to work this morning and heard the song “Wish I Didn’t Know Now” by Toby Keith.

If you haven’t heard it, some of the lyrics are “I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then. I wish I could start this whole thing over again.”

I started thinking about how many times I get stuck in this kind of mindset…the mindset involving hindsight. Hindsight is when you understand a situation or event better only after is happens. I’m sure you’ve also heard the saying, “Hindsight is 20/20.” by Billy Wilder.

I started thinking about how many times I’ve beat myself up...