text: why do people not learn from their mistakes?   because we don't want to.  people think that mistakes are just that, mistakes.  mistakes are bad, and if you make a mistake, you are not a good person.  why should a person admit that they are a bad person?  that's our thinking.  mistakes are not to be made if we were better, but what people don't realize is that the only way to get better is to learn from making the mistakes that we make.