Fooled by Experience

Experience seems like a reliable guide. You rely on the weight of experience to make judgments and decisions. You interpret the past — what you’ve seen and what you’ve been told — to chart a course for the future.

However, relying on experience could also be a mistake. Because you view the past through numerous filters, your perceptions can be distorted. As a result, your interpretations of experience are biased, and the judgments and decisions you base on those interpretations can be misguided.

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