According to Einstein, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I can only guess that he was referring to the scientific research he was doing at the time. However, in today’s world, that sentence impacts every area of life.
The business world
One example is that of a company who haven’t changed their induction and training programme for twenty years, and are wondering why they have such a high turnover of staff. They obviously fall into the insane category.
The political world
People have been voting people into positions of power for centuries. I don’t have to elaborate on that sentence, but I will. It doesn’t matter who’s in control because they don’t have the power to bring about real change. That power lies in the hands of people who do the real work behind the politicians.
Your private world
You will find yourself in heavy traffic from time to time. If you get angry or irritated every time you find yourself in that situation, you are, by Einstein’s definition, insane. This also applies if you have the same reaction to other people’s driving. 😂
Your personal world
Throughout your life, you will have meaningless conversations where the outcome is predictable in that it doesn’t matter. However, there will be times when you are asked for advice where the outcome is important for the person asking for advice. If you give your advice and it’s ignored, that’s their perogative. They chose to take a different path. However, if they ignore your advice every time, you need to start wondering if it’s worth your while giving them advice at all.
Your ego
If you allow other people’s words or actions to offend you? That’s your ego or self of sense being offended. If you’re constantly being offended, you may need to take a closer look at yourself or may think you’re going insane.
