Why We Ignore The Threats

How many times we delay the report that have to submitted till the last days are near? The time when you knew that the engine oil in your car has to be changed but you decide that its not a danger and end up paying far more in repair than the cost of the engine oil change. We all do it, but sometimes these obvious things that we ignore can be catastrophic not just for us but all also for the people around us. Why we don’t act on the threats immediately when it could have saved us a lot of trouble? One of the reason we tend to do this is because we don’t want to imagine the outcome that can come after if the threats are not handled when should have been. People tend to procrastinate the actions if they are unable to see the outcome that will be followed. Thinking that the process will go as we have planned can be dangerous for our career and society. It's in the human nature to overestimate its own predictions and act according to it. 

Being able to analyze and act on a threat is the best thing anyone can do for themselves. When we start to act on the threat that are going to be catastrophic in the future we take the charge in our own hands. There might be some threats whose actions are nowhere to be seen in the near future but that doesn’t mean it will not be catastrophic in the end. There is a Persian proverb:

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a 

fool; shun him.

He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, can be

taught; teach him.

He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep;

Wake him.

He who knows, and knows that he knows, is a prophet;

Follow him.