For many years I’ve enjoyed wakeboarding and learning new tricks. However, there was this one trick I nicknamed the
“Nemesis“. That trick was the heelside wake to wake 180. Time after time I’d attempt this trick and time after time I’d fail. I kept trying to learn from my mistakes. I tried various handle placements, various take off stances and various landing techniques. However, all failed and I’d repeatedly end up floating in the lake waiting for the boat to circle around and get me. Finally
one day I read a tip in a wakeboarding magazine. It was simple and accurate. The tip stated that a person attempting that trick needs to look to the shore during the landing . I had always looked at the boat or down at the water. Once I looked where I was going instead looking everywhere else, I started consistently landing the trick. You see a “smart” 
person learns from their mistakes but, a “wise” person learns from others mistakes. Someone else figured out how to land the trick and I benefited from their experience. Being “wise” helps you avoid a lot of unnecessary pain and suffering in life. The best place to go to increase wisdom is the Bible. We can learn from God, our Creator, when making daily life choices by obeying Him and thus avoiding self-inflicted suffering. Psalm 119:98 “Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.” Proverbs 1:5 “let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance” Proverbs 12:15 “The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.” Let’s seek out the advice of those who are succeeding in areas where we are failing (marriage, job, finances, parenting, etc) and increase wisdom. And most importantly seek out wisdom from God.
“Nemesis“. That trick was the heelside wake to wake 180. Time after time I’d attempt this trick and time after time I’d fail. I kept trying to learn from my mistakes. I tried various handle placements, various take off stances and various landing techniques. However, all failed and I’d repeatedly end up floating in the lake waiting for the boat to circle around and get me. Finally
one day I read a tip in a wakeboarding magazine. It was simple and accurate. The tip stated that a person attempting that trick needs to look to the shore during the landing . I had always looked at the boat or down at the water. Once I looked where I was going instead looking everywhere else, I started consistently landing the trick. You see a “smart” 
person learns from their mistakes but, a “wise” person learns from others mistakes. Someone else figured out how to land the trick and I benefited from their experience. Being “wise” helps you avoid a lot of unnecessary pain and suffering in life. The best place to go to increase wisdom is the Bible. We can learn from God, our Creator, when making daily life choices by obeying Him and thus avoiding self-inflicted suffering. Psalm 119:98 “Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.” Proverbs 1:5 “let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance” Proverbs 12:15 “The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.” Let’s seek out the advice of those who are succeeding in areas where we are failing (marriage, job, finances, parenting, etc) and increase wisdom. And most importantly seek out wisdom from God. 
This is not the easiest lesson to learn. There is a part of me that demands I figure it out on my own. The closer I am to becoming like Christ it gets a bit easier, slowly shedding my immaturity and arrogance. This was a struggle for me for years.
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