Dont focus on the most recent event as the point of failure
Summary
- When something goes wrong, we may pin blame on the most recent event as the cause
Details
- In reality, it may have been the first move, or a much earlier decision or action that led to a failure later on
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Quotes
When the deal falls apart, the team loses the game, or a partnership hits the rocks, it’s easy to focus our energy on the most recent event.
“What if they had called a different play?”
This overlooks the real issue. It’s the first move, or the fifth, that led to this problem, not what happened at the last moment.
Creating the conditions for success is a very different project than finding a heroic move that saves the day.