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Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.

I'm not sure if it was originally said by Dan Stanford or Randy Pausch.

I do know that good judgment comes from experience but experience often comes from bad judgment.

2:31 PM Jun 22 2011

By the way, if you haven't watched or read Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, you really should.

Read the transcript (pdf) or watch it on YouTube.

12:53 PM Aug 31 2012

Yeah that's a great one.

2:38 PM Jun 22 2011

Agreed. Another great variation on that theme is Steve Jobs' commencement speech at Stanford in 2005.

3:12 PM Jun 22 2011

Agreed on both!

10:07 PM Jul 12 2011

Steve Jobs' commencement speech is worth watching again and again.

12:52 PM Aug 31 2012

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