Fear-setting counts the cost of doing nothing - Deepstash

Fear-setting counts the cost of doing nothing

  • We like to keep things the same. And keeping things the same usually seems like the safest play. But that's not true.
  • Every choice comes with costs. So when you choose to keep things just as they are, you give up the benefits of everything else.
  • You have to count the costs of doing nothing.

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