The shoehorn*, crowbar and bulldozer; all use a combination of an inclined plan and a lever. While they all have the same base components, almost no one would ever use one as a replacement for the other. Using a bulldozer to get your shoes on could get messy really quickly! It’s overkill and everyone can see that.
As we go through the tumultuous times in our lives, it can seem easiest to bulldoze through challenges. As the “pressure” of daily life seems to be getting higher, bulldozing can become the default lever that people use to move forward. In the end this leaves a flattened earth with nothing living left behind. People are especially susceptible to being hurt in the process of bulldozing. Getting what you want from a personal situation is usually better served by using a delicate tool rather than a massively destructive one. In a world where we’ve become comfortable with possible heart attack from a drug intended to length your eyelashes (tongue in cheek), it might be that our tolerance for negative consequence has gotten too high.
Choose the right tool for the situation. Damage control is not something to be done after the fact. It can be done beforehand with even better results. Exercise your leverage without the destruction.
Pete
*A shoehorn may not be something that young people recognize. It is a tool that is used to help slide a shoe onto a foot. They used to be prevalent but I’ve not seen one since my grandfather passed away.
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