I took my nephew cycling on the roads around our house.
A couple of stretches have some road work happening and the roads have been dug up, making it tough to walk, leave alone cycle.
The thing is, when we entered the road, it seemed quite okay. As we ventured forth a little, we saw the digging, by which time it was too late to turn back. My nephew asked me why I took him on that road when it had been dug up and made cycling hard. I replied that I didn’t know about the road work and that at least now we knew what road to take the next time around.
All of us make these errors while taking decisions.
We take a presumed short-cut, only to be met by a kilometre long traffic jam.
We take a job, only to realise that it isn’t the right one.
We visit a restaurant and don’t like the ambience.
We take someone’s flawed advice and make the wrong investment.
Sure, some errors in judgement cost more than others but we then waste more time ruminating over the error of our ways.
The only lesson that comes from taking the wrong road is to ensure you don’t take the same road again.
