The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole, is to stop digging. – Warren Buffett
What can I even say about this other than, well DUH!!!! Except, often (at least for me) I will get into a difficult situation, a
nd in trying to fix it, I often find that I’ve made it worse. I realize that you can’t do NOTHING, but there is nothing wrong with taking a step back and re-evaluating the situation before you continue.
If you’re playing a game of dodgeball, generally, you’d just react. You see the ball coming and you duck. Just reacting works in dodgeball, but it doesn’t often work in life. Take a second to step back and figure out what’s going on. Then you can figure out how to get out of that hole you’re in.
