Learning more about myself through the experience of others.

I have heard it said that intelligence is learning how to get through a problem on your own... and that wisdom is learning how to avoid the same problem before it happens because of the example of others who have already dealt with the problem. Sure, wisdom might also be called "knowledge properly applied" but that doesn't really lend insight as to how one might gain it. In any case, I am quite glad to be blessed by the experience of others who are willing to share it!