My history teacher taught me this. He said “you can be one of (two) persons: 1) the dumb one who has to learn by making mistake or 2) the smart one who learns from the mistakes of others.” You seem highly intelligent, I’m glad I listened to this teacher.
Discussion
In life there is so much anarchy that history tells us that to get as humanity where we are we had to make many mistakes, and if we want to push ourselves towards a better future many will have to continue making mistakes so that others learn from them and can build a better future.