To Stop Insanity, It’s Not Just About Doing Things Differently
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
-attributed to Albert Einstein, but likely apocryphal
Whoever said it, you’ve probably heard this quotation at some point. And in one way or another, you’ve probably fallen into the trap of doing the same thing over and over, all the while expecting a different outcome.
I think the real danger of going insane doesn’t come from something new, but rather from something that we’ve been doing for a while.
Most of us are smart enough to realize that if we try something new and it doesn’t work, we can’t just keep trying the same way and expect different results. We might try again, but we’ll usually switch up the tactic. Even mice in a maze will learn to adapt and attempt different solutions.
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