At least you learned a valuable lesson about not getting in over your head.

至少你得到了一个有价值的教训，就是做事情要量力而为。

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WSJ: What was your first job and the biggest lesson you learned from it?

问：你的第一份工作是什么？你从中得到的最大的教训是什么？

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What is is the single most important lesson you have learned in your life?

你这辈子学到的最重要的经验教训是什么？

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You may have learned your lesson about having a large mortgage.

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One would think that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi would have learned his lesson two weeks ago: Try not to bite the hand that you need to help feed your country.

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The media lesson to be learned is that you must get out in front of issues that can hurt your reputation before your enemies, opponents, and in the world of business, your competitors, frame the issue and you are left playing defense instead of offense.

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