Except you can’t just expect that other people are going to do what you think they’re going to do or what they say they’re going to do. Especially at the moment of truth, whether that’s the cusp of success or the brink of disaster. (Making your dream come true often requires the same effort as preventing a nightmare scenario from occurring.) Shit happens. Signals get crossed. People are lazy. Some people are just plain stupid. If you have a job to do or a goal you’re trying to achieve, or you’ve made a commitment to protect something or someone, and it’s important to you that everything
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