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Five things life taught me that will get you in serious trouble
38 years on the planet introduced me to some beautiful highs and staggering lows.
It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, certainly not if you choose to turn away from the wisdom shown to us at every turn.
The following lessons showed me how to avoid unnecessary hardship:
1. Making assumptions.
This could probably be the granddaddy of all the things humans can fall prey to, which can make their lives difficult.
Making assumptions means making decisions or coming to a judgement based on limited information.
We assume we know enough to proceed.
We drive out of the parking space, assuming no truck is driving past, and then WHAM!
Assumption has created more problems for more people than anything. Lost relationships and jobs, huge arguments, criminal acts, and air disasters have arisen out of faulty assumptions.
Think of a time when you lost out because you assumed without confirming the facts.
It’s very easy to do because it seems like a shortcut, and they can seem adequate when we make the ‘right’ choice.