You have money in your head. You have knowledge and experiences that others wish they had. Did you just scoff?

Then you might suffer from The Curse of Knowledge. 

It works like this…

Generally not taking the bait is the best way in life. But sometimes we are not in a position to do that. 

Say you’re stuck in a frustrating debate or argument with them. Or you MUST reach a compromise with them.

Want to spot an idiot? Here are some more obvious signs. They include (but lordy, they are not limited to): 

• Constantly wrong and/or badly informed

• They say a big fat NO to learning or growing

There’s no use in pretending that failure doesn’t suck massive rhino balls. On a practical level it can be expensive as hell. And it saps us of our time.

It can also be sooooo embarrassing. Oh good lord, one time I took part in a saddleless horse-mounting competition in Tennessee at a massive church camp.

And I totally won it! (NO I DIDN’T I SO DIDN’T OH GODDDDDDD NOOOOO)

I fell UP THE horse and crashed into its side at the same time, in front of thousands of people who laughed at me. No, this was not a dream. It happened in real life in the 80s and in my mind it’s still as fresh as a Five Guys.

Either an epic fail, or a straw-that-breaks-the-camel’s-back fail (or horse’s back fail in my case) can be enough to make us give up on something forever. Or make us verbally and emotionally abuse ourselves so badly that we never try again.

I don’t know about you, but I really don’t want to leave this existence riddled with regret. No way. Not a chance.