No such thing as a free lunch?
Really?
OK.
The fundamental principle that everything costs resources immediately leads to the fact that consequences are always present.
One cannot pick up one end of the stick without picking up the other end of the stick.
Dr SR Covey
Consequently, everything requires a proportional response. Why you ask? Maybe I can prevent you from asking why by saying that a proportional response includes thinking about responding and then deciding against outwardly doing something – which more often than not, takes a lot of resources.
Dr Frankl’s assertion that between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose follows from the fundamental principle.
Another truism flowing from this fundamental principle is that everything carries inherent risk and reward. The choice people make is which of the two (risk or reward) to heed more when making their decision.
The fact that no one is entitled to anything might sound negative but fits wholeheartedly into my view of life. This belief is deduced from the fundamental principle that everything costs resources AND does not preclude the intervention of a benefactor. When a benefactor plays a role in your life, you benefit because of their decision or resources, not because of some fundamental right you may feel to having that benefit. Now the cost is born by the benefactor, not you – but a cost is paid nonetheless.
Whether you act or not, you act. You might have been paralysed by the lack of data but the decision was always going to be made one way or another.
The consequences or resources consumed are not always predictable, what is predictable is that some form of payment is due. There are first order, second order and third order consequences. Likewise, there are intended and unintended consequences.
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