I don't always enjoy the role of pointing out big errors or mistakes. At times, the error is just a miscalculation or missing explanation. Those are easy. It is the times where reason has left the discussion that I find most difficult. When a person does not understand that a population of 200,000 people will not all run to a store the day it opens, or that everyone will not buy a product simply because it is obvious to the inventor that the product is superior.
How do you tell someone their baby is ugly?
Why do some people think that they will be the exception to the rules? I hope they are the exception, but it seems better to plan for things to proceed in a normal or worse than normal manner. I try using a financial argument. Trying to get them to see the math does not work. I try to reason with them - you cannot work 100 hours a week for 5 year and expect everyone else to as well. Why would someone loan you $3 million at 0% interest just because they will be able to get their money back?
Just once, I would like for someone to provide me with an acceptable reason as to why they, when no one else is, will they be the exception to the rules or norm?
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