A new recipe I tried recently didn’t pan out as expected (pun intended). The consistency was far thinner than desired with the result being that the end product couldn’t hold its shape. When I shared the information with my mom, she suggested an ingredient to add that could fix the consistency. And voila, it worked like magic!

She had never tried the recipe before. But she was able to process the given parameters to recommend a solution anyway. That’s the unique power of experience – the ability to apply existing knowledge to an off-script mix of conditions.

It’s something that can only be achieved by putting in those hours. No accelerated crash course can give us that.