I did what I did last year, [Unexpected things happened and things didn’t work out, it’s not my fault. - Doing the same as PREVENTION is my area of responsibility, and I believe that the result is not my area of responsibility. - It happened during the civilization collapse phase of Atlas shrugs. - I’m doing the same thing and it didn’t work because of the weather, not my fault. - I’m doing the same thing, but I didn’t get the materials that were supposed to arrive, no fault of my own. - And then the next processor says the same thing again because it wasn’t manufactured as planned.

Expect the Unexpected to Happen

  • I have a plan B in place in advance for a wide variety of problems.
  • If something really “unexpected” happens, don’t use it as an excuse.
    • If there are no consequences for the “unexpected,” that’s your own fault.

These two mentalities seem incompatible.


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