Someone once said that life is a sequence of lucking out or learning from mistakes.

That makes perfect sense when you realize all the challenges every life encounters.

The same is true for preparing for a survival situation.

You may luck out and get all the stuff you need, at the right price, before a survival scenario rears its ugly head.

You may also win the lottery and be able to helicopter out of harm’s way on a moment’s notice.

Chances are, however, that you will make mistakes; everyone does.

In fact, in life, making mistakes is one of the most effective learning tools in existence.

The key is to learn from the mistakes of others and pass on the lessons you learn from your own mistakes.

To see a list of knowledge born of making mistakes survivalists before you learned the hard way, check out the next page.

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