Knowledge gives you options
Good theory prevents unnecessary reinvention and gives language to patterns that others have already studied.
Skill comes from repetition
A difficult conversation, a sales meeting or a management review becomes reliable through deliberate practice, not recognition.
Talent is not the whole story
Natural strengths matter, but they need an environment and responsibilities where they can produce useful work.
Experience needs reflection
Years alone do not guarantee learning. Experience becomes useful when you can recognise a pattern early enough to make a better next decision.
The purpose of experience is not to prove that you were right. It is to recognise sooner when you are not.