Help yourself
Locate yourself where you are bound to fail. Aim for perfection! Thus be guaranteed never to be satisfied in this world. If one falls to the ground, one has to negotiate with it to get-up. In this way do we become aware of the ground. Get your head out of the clouds and see where your feet are walking!
The sooner you become disgusted with this world, the sooner you will reach for the unfailing. Reason never fails.
It is not necessary to learn the hard way, making every mistake for yourself. Make others aware of this also! With your ship of knowledge, transport others through the realms of human experience. Make them disgusted! Teach them to learn from the experience of others, making the experience of others their own. This is called giving people the gift of their past lives.