I am struck by the thought that a lot of great business ideas and processes fail because mainly, because people lose confidence in the process or the person behind the idea.
Confidence. Not because the process or idea is scientifically / statistically / mechanically unsound or the idea is wacky and out of the world of normality of life and business... confidence. Of course there are some drugs and devices that should have never gone so far to testing in humans, and for the most part, the scientific peer review process has borne them out. Confidence. Faith in the system.
When we lose faith in the system, yeah, we know, things get really awry. Paranoia, skepticism, negative feedback and depression. If confidence and growth go hand in hand in, then, the reverse would be true, lack of confidence and depression go together. We see this in economics, stock markets, for profits and non-profits, family units, and in our personal health. Businesses are made of people, with all their quirks and faults and over- and under-confidences.... and each one is unique...
So what? So what?? Why should I care about if I am confident or not?? There is no ONE answer, there is no ONE process that suits all. Faith has to be multi-lingual multi-faceted in order for us to survive. Anyone who believes that there is just ONE way for anything, well, in my belief, is delusional. Oh well. Sucks to be him!
Confidence doesn't just mean faith in ONE process, it means faith that it all (what ever IT ALL is) will work out, no matter what. No worries. You can't fail! With that attitude and your own unique brand of confidence, well, the world is your oyster! The delusional as I call them, fail without even trying very hard, as their attitude is their first barrier.
I like the idea of my own unique brand, as it's different from your version of confidence and so I don't have to compare notes. Our assumptions are different at a subtle micro-level. So we can't be compared, only lumped together like statistics. I refuse to be simply a statistic!!
There's another definition of delusional -- those over-confident people you may see them -- Type As usually who go forth and can't learn from their mistakes. Remember, mistakes ARE NOT FAILURES! Not learning from your mistakes is the only true failure. Analysis of where the process (thing or person) can make mistakes (failure mode effects analysis) is a learning tool. Having this information and not using it, well, that's delusional and that's a FAIL.
Enough of this. I'm hungry. Time for lunch.
