> It seems self-centered to think that the best way to learn is to make the same mistakes that you did yourself This wasn't assumed in the premise, though the

> It seems self-centered to think that the best way to learn is to make the same mistakes that you did yourself This wasn't assumed in the premise, though the mentored may for sure have some experiences that the mentor did. Learning and internalization happen after we synthesize stories and narratives into lessons that we can deeply connect with. If a junior teammate comes to me with a solution and I say "I tried it that way once and it didn't work because xyz," that teammate will change their execution and, from my experience, not really internalize the xyz. This means they'll come back to me in the future with the same problem and we'll go through that again, because they didn't learn. The critical action in both success and failure is reflection. Discovering the lessons through discussion is the way for us both to learn, and to ensure the experience is meaningful and sticks.