As humans we have an insatiable desire to explain untoward events so we can get on with solutions.
We leap to conclusions because we don’t like being uncertain.
Sales are down because of X.
The patient got an infection because of Y.
But there’s a huge problem with this. X and Y are often stories that we use to explain the facts. So, we end up solving for the symptom and not the cause.
To get the correct answer almost always requires more facts.
Sales being down are a fact. There is a lot of data behind this fact to accurately diagnose why.
Don’t solve stories, solve facts.
Or else you’ll be solving a different story next month when this ‘solution’ fails.
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.