I suppose it isn't very useful to mention that I'm an INFJ type personality (Myers-Briggs) and among a very slight 1% of the global population, but I think it's useful to note that one of the greatest strengths of the healthy INFJ is their ability to forecast future events with only a small amount of sensory data. Having said that, I notice things that many people may not notice until later (sometimes, too late, in fact). Perhaps, the reason that things don't go according to plan is that so many people are short-sighted. While it may be true that we don't know what will happen in the future, there is little doubt that the future will become the present and, eventually, the past. For that reason alone, it isn't very wise to 'sell the cow for a handful of beans when you can keep the cow and sell the milk perpetually'. Patience is a virtue, as is strategic, long-term planning. Maybe it is time that people disconnect themselves from the habits of instant gratification. What may benefit one in the short term may wind up costing them dearly in the long term. It may also end up costing our nation (and the planet) dearly, as well. ;)

I suppose it isn't very useful to mention that I'm an INFJ type personality (Myers-Briggs) and among a very slight 1% of the global population, but I think it's useful to note that one of the greatest strengths of the healthy INFJ is their ability to forecast future events with only a small amount of sensory data. Having said that, I notice things that many people may not notice until later (sometimes, too late, in fact). Perhaps, the reason that things don't go according to plan is that so many people are short-sighted. While it may be true that we don't know what will happen in the future, there is little doubt that the future will become the present and, eventually, the past. For that reason alone, it isn't very wise to 'sell the cow for a handful of beans when you can keep the cow and sell the milk perpetually'. Patience is a virtue, as is strategic, long-term planning. Maybe it is time that people disconnect themselves from the habits of instant gratification. What may benefit one in the short term may wind up costing them dearly in the long term. It may also end up costing our nation (and the planet) dearly, as well. ;) - American executives are betting that the president is good for business. Not in the long run