This is the unity of skills and knowledge that is acquired by all people in the process of their life, from childhood, from the very moment a future member of society begins to receive impressions, experience, observe and carry out practical actions. In addition, experience is one of the basic concepts of the theory of knowledge. However, it is worth considering it in the traditional sense.

Life experience

It is necessary to talk about it first of all. What is life experience? This is the common name for a set of events occurring within the biography of the same person. This, one might say, is his individual history or even his social biography.

It is believed that the number of situations experienced and their depth are the determining factors in the vitality of each individual, as well as his spiritual world. After all, experience grows from experiences, suffering, victory of the will over desires and achievements. All this leads to wisdom.

It is generally accepted that life is given to a person so that he can gain this experience. This is the purpose of earthly existence. To gain experience, a person is completely immersed in life, going through obstacles, experiencing storms that cause a lot of trouble. But it is in solving them that he often manages to find answers to many troubling questions.

Existence in society

It contributes to the accumulation of social experience, which is a set of skills necessary for participation in society.

What is experience in this context? This practical knowledge about the joint life of people, which was recorded in the norms and principles of behavior, as well as in traditions, moral precepts, rituals and customs. It also includes feelings, reflexes, emotions, guidelines, views, points of view, languages ​​and worldview systems.

Knowledge about all of the above is passed on from one generation to another. Without this, society is impossible. If at one moment the entire population, except for children under 3-4 years of age, disappeared, then civilization would die out. After all, kids would not be able to master all the skills of humanity. This is impossible without the transfer of social experience from adults who own it.

About individuality

It is important to pay attention to the topic of what the experience of independence is. It is most often experienced by children and adolescents. A little less often - adults. It manifests itself in those moments when a person begins to do something on his own, without guidance, advice or outside supervision.

This experience is especially important for children. If they do not get this opportunity, then they will have nothing to comprehend. In this case, it is necessary that the child has a person with whom he could consult (parent, teacher, guardian, one of the relatives). Otherwise, his own experience of independence will turn out to be empty or imperfect. It is not right. Experience must be “processed.” Here's an example: a child can pick out a simple melody on the piano by ear. But he will be able to play it correctly, with the “right” fingers, taking into account all the signs and pauses, only after working together on the piece with an adult. AND similar examples thousands.

Professional aspect

In addition to all of the above, children are taught during their schooling about what relevant work experience is. This is important for their future career guidance.

Relevant is the work experience that a person has acquired in a particular profile. If a candidate comes for an interview at a private clinic where he wants to work as a surgeon, then the owner of the institution is, first of all, interested in how many years the potential employee has worked in this specialty.

Why is knowledge on this topic important? Because children should early years learn that professional self-determination is important. Of course, tens of thousands of people who graduate from a university in one specialty end up working in other fields of activity. But this is exactly what the school is trying to convey to children - they should not waste 4 years. It is important for them to take a responsible approach to choosing a profession in order to receive a relevant education.

Army

In Russia, service is compulsory - that is the law. This awareness should also be instilled in boys while they are still at school. And besides this, teachers must explain to future defenders of the Fatherland what combat experience is.

The army is a real school of life. All guys, while in military service, undergo physical and drill training, go to shooting ranges, and also receive a certain specialty (which one depends on the type of military service). The army teaches you to endure unfavorable conditions and hunger, to be responsible for what is said and done, to choose people, to respect your elders. Service strengthens you in all aspects. After the army, guys become able to endure and do anything, even if they want to give up everything. The service helps you feel true value freedom, life, health, and, of course, loved ones.

Many people believe that all this can be achieved without an army. But only people who have not been there think so. Whole year, spent in harsh, constantly brutalizing conditions - this is a combat experience that is never forgotten.

Practice

Talking about what experience is, one cannot fail to note one more nuance. It concerns practice - human goal-setting activity that accompanies each of us from birth.

If you watch a baby, you will notice something interesting, but at the same time simple. This refers to the process of acquiring skills. One day he can barely hold a toy in his hands. And after a week he consciously takes the spoon by the handle. Subsequently he learns to walk. First it falls and hits. But after a while he manages to stand firmly on his feet.

That's what practical experience is. We acquire it throughout our lives, right up to old age. This is true! After all, many people, having reached retirement, decide to learn something. Some people get on a bike, others go to a driving school, others sign up for a learning course foreign language. And during the classes they gain new experience. By the way, some may wonder why so many people want to do something and accumulate knowledge? It's simple. This is an innate instinct of curiosity, which often develops into inquisitiveness.

Other types of knowledge

So, above it was clearly explained what experience is. The definition is clear, but finally I would like to note a few more existing species knowledge.

In addition to the above, there is physical experience, the elements of which are sensations. Emotional experience involves feelings and experiences. But this is a rather complex holistic formation that integrates the most different types mental structures.

There is also mental experience, which includes aspects of consciousness and intelligence. And then there is the religious, otherwise called the spiritual and mystical. Its specificity lies in the maximum subjectivity of experience. This same feature makes it impossible to convey this experience unchanged to another person. Because everyone experiences their own experiences.

Every adult can boast that he has his own life experience. All events that happen to us remain in memory, forming a certain baggage. Depending on this baggage, it is easy or difficult for us to go through life.

Suitcase without handle

Imagine that all our lives we carry a suitcase in two hands: one of them with a “Good” sticker, and the other with a “Bad” sticker. Each incident in our life has a certain weight.

Depending on the situation, we purchase life experience positive or negative. That is, cargo is added to each suitcase.

Agree that you often see people “skewed” to one side, not believing in anything, not hearing and not seeing.

Because they have a negative experience, i.e. their suitcase with the “bad” is much heavier.

Most often, these suitcases also have no handle - it’s completely inconvenient to carry, but it’s also a shame to throw them away.

Therefore, there is absolutely nothing to take a suitcase with “good” experience - your hands are full. Such people are closed to new opportunities due to their “rich” life experience.

Success depends on making the right decision, right decision is a consequence of experience, and experience, in turn, is a consequence of a wrong decision.

Why do you need life experience?

An ancient man living in a cave needed experience in hunting, making fire, and preserving life in those difficult conditions. Thanks to natural selection, the strongest and healthiest always survived.

Every Small child receives experience communication with fire and sharp objects, so that later you can treat them carefully throughout your life.

Growing up, the baby already receives experience communication with peers, with the outside world, and the life of an adult directly depends on the experience of all the years he has lived.

The wisdom of men is not proportional to their experience, but to their ability to acquire it. (Henry Shaw)

Life lessons

What do we learn from our experience? If our mistakes are repeated, i.e. we constantly “step on the same rake”, can we say that we have experience?

Psychologists say: “That experience“that you were not transformed into a situation that would bring you joy and happiness does not count as experience.”

Experience is a lesson to remember and use to improve your life. Experience - These are the skills that we use in our profession, in communicating with people, in our family, so that our lives become better and happier.

If you gave birth to a child, then you received experience birth of children. And when the child grew up, did you acquire experience raising a child? After all, some people actually buy it, and some don’t.

A fool learns from his own mistakes, and a smart man learns from others' mistakes. It turns out that smart people learn from fools.

Is experience a bridge or a wall?

The more we live in this world, the more various situations we live, we gain experience. We often react to similar moments automatically, without thinking, missing opportunities and chances.

Every moment there are many options of unlimited possibilities waiting for us. But we don’t see this, because our experience, (and often not only ours, but someone else’s, imposed in the process of upbringing) forces us to react to the situation, relying on the old “baggage” of past years.

The only thing you need to learn from your life experience, is that every second, every moment you need to live to the maximum.

Do not compare it with previous moments, seconds, hours, days and years of past experience. Every moment is a new chance, a chance to live better, happier... a chance to find out real life …

Experience is the comb that gives us life when we have already lost our hair. (Judith Stern)

Whose experience attracts us?

With some sixth sense we determine which people with what experience we can trust, and who will never become an authority for us.

In everyone's environment there are probably people who impose their point of view, their opinion, their experience.

They don't even think about what they are experience can be called a failed experiment, since it did not lead to anything good.

Experience attracts us successful people. People who, despite difficult life circumstances, had the courage to gain experience in achieving SUCCESS and VICTORY!

Buy with us experience positive thinking, pleasant communication with the outside world, experience HAPPINESS and JOY in life!

We cannot change our start, but we can change our attitude towards life and change our FINISH!

to the winners!

I have heard many times how people tell their friends about how something happened to them. strange story, incident, accident, shameful situation or misfortune, due to the fact that they lack life experience.

All this happened because they did not know how to act in it, what measures to take, how to quickly and correctly make the right decision in order to avoid the problem and get out of the awkward situation not with their eyes downcast, but with their heads held high!

What is Life Experience

As is our custom, after a story, listeners always give advice: I should have done it this way, I should have said it differently, I should have called, etc. This gave me the idea that we needed a blog site where people could tell their story ( Do I have a lot of them myself?), and others, after reading, could draw a conclusion, analysis, learn something, could learn and gain some other people’s experience from life and could protect themselves from such situations in the future. After all, knowledge is a powerful weapon! Or maybe someone is now in exactly that situation and cannot find the answer? What if you know him? So why not write an answer in the comments under the article, so that the author of this or that problem can use your life experience and solve this problem? As they say: why learn from your mistakes when you can learn from others. Life is too short to waste it on your mistakes.

Do you agree with me? Then this is the place for you!

The site has different categories of headings:

• Astrology and Psychology,
• Animals and plants,
• Health and Sports,
• Internet and Television,
• Cooking and Hobbies,
• Pavlodar and Kazakhstan,
• Politics and Finance,
• Repair and furniture,
• Family and Relationships,
• Equipment and Auto,
• Humor and Jokes.

for convenience, as they say, for anyone interested. All topics are good, choose according to your taste!

Today you shared your experience, and tomorrow they will share it with you! Therefore, you can send your stories to me by email, and I will post them on the website. I can also make you an author and you can write them yourself whenever you want. It is not necessary to indicate real names and surnames; our goal is not to humiliate anyone, but to protect others from this or to teach them something. Be sure to leave your comments under the articles; activist writers and commentators will be scolded.

I’m also opening my online knowledge store FIND OUT where you can buy useful and smart e-books. I will give a good discount for my subscribers.

Who needs life experience, you are welcome to the article sections!

How often, in the process of arguing with people, have I come across an explanation for their own rightness by the fact that they have a wealth of life experience behind them. For a long time, I perceived this very life experience as something obligatory, which is vital for me to successfully exist in everyday reality. It got to the point that I confused it with the accumulation of life experience!

But really, why do you need life experience? Is it really necessary in Everyday life? At first glance, the question is very stupid, but the further I go, the more I am convinced that there is some kind of catch here too. We all know the saying that a person is the architect of his own happiness. And that means misfortune! Although I don’t really want the latter, for some reason I can’t avoid it.

]]>The assertion of some enlightened individuals that you need to live here and now, at the current moment, has long excited my mind, but it was not entirely clear how such a life was possible. Now pay attention to your mind. How it works. The lion's share of our free time is occupied by memories of the past, the rest is occupied by dreams. The past has already passed, there is no need to remember it, regret it, grieve again. This is exactly our the past is considered to be life experience. But why do you need such life experience?

After all, if you think about it, this is nothing more than the behavior of an oyster, with the only difference being that the oyster knows in advance what situations await it. She has a ready, pre-planned answer for each one. So are we. The more years we live, the more different situations we experience. Finding ourselves in a given situation again, we react based on past experience, sometimes without even thinking - almost mechanically and... we miss our chance!

Thus, people who live to an old age do not exist at all in the present! All their thoughts are directed only to the past - to memories. But every moment of life is a fork with many turns. Every second we are faced with many unrealized opportunities, many options. But we don’t see all this, since our life experience (and sometimes not only ours, but also someone else’s successfully imposed during our upbringing) forces us to react based on past situations.
But this experience was in the past! At that moment everything changed. To react to it in this way means to trample in circles, repeating the same mistakes again and again. This is all, and also brings us back to illusory world. The world of a non-existent past. However, we all live in this world, again and again experiencing events that once took place. It’s not surprising that our life is gray and monotonous. And you try to run the film on a cassette many times, over time it will all wear out and begin to resemble life in the grayness of its frames... ]]>The same is true with the decisions we made in the past. Once we make a choice in favor of one option or another, we spend the rest of our lives regretting and tormenting ourselves with thoughts about what would have happened if we had chosen another option. Such an experience leaves us perplexed during the next such situation. As a result, we simply stall for time until there is no choice left. But this is just terrible! The whole point is that no matter what path we choose, it will be the right one for us...

The only life experience we should learn is to live to the maximum in every moment of our lives. “Squeeze” everything out of this moment. And under no circumstances should you judge him based on past experience. After all, every moment is a chance, a chance to taste real life, life without past and future, life outside of time...

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2 comments on this post

08 12 2011 | Svetlana

Thank you for your very important thoughts. It helped me a lot.

Answer 05/27/2013 | ANONYMOUS

“Let’s draw smart conclusions
from stupid stories!”
Proverb

There is no more reliable teacher!
All questions will be answered.
You will remember everything like “Our Father”!
Although advice is expensive,
But he will explain it clearly!

If you ask where to find it?
Ready to pay the teacher!..
Hear the whisper in your ear:
It is an experience of your life!

The main advantage of a person is his life experience. Experience and knowledge in various areas of life. A person with rich life experience is ready for success. His failures were necessary preparation, a time of apprenticeship. He has already made his main mistakes, and one cannot expect obvious stupidity from him. He is tempered by difficulties and adversity, he knows how to take a blow - unlike those who cannot boast of much life experience.

« Life experience- information that has become the property of the individual, deposited in the reserves of long-term memory, which is in a state of constant readiness for updating in adequate situations. This information is an alloy of thoughts, feelings, actions lived by a person, representing self-sufficient value for him, associated with the mind, memory of feelings, memory of behavior" Belkin A.S.

Own life experience trustworthy, it is a suitable tool for finding the most appropriate behavior in each immediate situation.

Lack of life experience gives people a feeling of fear. And often it is fear of failure. Remember that failures are always temporary, and our life experience, acquired through trial and error, will always be with us and will serve to achieve success.

To gain experience, you need to overcome fear and say to yourself: “Let's try.” Many undertakings are accompanied by the word “it turns out.” That’s what we say: “I haven’t tried it, I don’t know if it will work.” When we have experience, our speech sounds different: “I want, I know how, and I will do it” - this is how a person usually expresses his confidence based on experience. Having experience facilitates the efforts of any type of activity; a person sometimes effortlessly performs the most complex operations, achieving the highest results with the least effort.

At one time, the founder of original Russian pedagogy, Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky, speaking about professional experience, noted that experience cannot be adopted, but it is possible to borrow only an idea from it. It is difficult to disagree. After all life experience is the matter is purely individual and the behavior of one, even in a similar situation, cannot lead to the same result as the behavior of another. Someone else's experience, someone else's opinion, other people's mistakes and findings are a very valuable acquisition, but only as information, source material for the formation of one's own life experience. When you try on someone else's experience, this source material, you must understand that it will be subject to very significant change. Here the statements of Andrei Arsenievich Tarkovsky, an outstanding Soviet film director and screenwriter, are interesting, which I bring to your attention.