Originally Posted by
noglider
I don't mean I have an opinion. I mean I make a decision but sometimes I'm wrong. Whenever something goes wrong such as a near collision, I stop and ask how it happened and what role, if any, I played in it. Sometimes I think it's my turn to go and I turn out to be wrong. So when I do go, it's because I think I'm right. I don't want to say I know I was right until after the fact. Uh, is that clearer?
We all goof up, sure. But, like many, you seem to be reading between the lines of my reply -- my point was, and always will be, to the best of your ability, eliminate 'think' and 'feel', and arm yourself with knowledge. Barring massive TBI, that can never be taken from you as long as you live.
Not condescending when I say this, but I hammered this home with my kids in their teen years; only some of them got it. (Guess the others 'felt' they didn't NEED my...advice, LOL.)