“Smoking killed far more people than terrorists ever did. It’s just not as dramatic.”
You can thank Seth Godin for that loaded byte. His post on the power of slow change makes a great point: single events don’t crush anything; series of events over time do.
On the one hand, you’ve got something to be happy about: no individual act is make or break for you. So stop treating it that way.
… is to make consensus your goal. An individual person has amazing ideas. But people only know how to dilute ideas. A person is bold and adventurous. People are just scared and boring. A person can easily follow his gut. People depend on a vote. A person can get something done by tomorrow. People can’t [...]



