Morgan Housel has a fairly long post where he examines a number (17 to be exact) ways people think. This stood out for me:
When you are keenly aware of your own struggles but blind to others,' it's easy to assume you're missing some skill or secret that others have. Sometimes that's true. More often you're just blind to how much everyone is making it up as they go, one challenge at a time.
This reminded me of William Goldman's description of Hollywood, "No one knows anything." Which is basically true. However, we don't have to start from scratch. There's literally centuries of accumulated knowledge and wisdom to help guide your way if you only make an effort.
This approach seems especially true of Housel - and please don't take this as a criticism. Most of the thoughts and quotes in the above link I've seem elsewhere in Housel's writings. He'll take some wisdom gathered elsewhere and added his own understanding or interpretation. And repeats it in different forms - posts, books, articles, etc..
This is often something you see other respected writers do. Victor Davis Hanson does it all the time.
As a reader this is often helpful. Seeing it repeated helps the message to sink in. That's another way people think.
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