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We See Things as They We Are
What the human being is best at doing is interpreting all new information so that their prior conclusions remain intact.
—WARREN BUFFETT
In 2015, Cecilia Bleasdale went shopping in a small village in Lancashire, England, for a dress for her daughter’s wedding. She snapped a photo of her £50 purchase, and two other dresses she had considered, and sent the photos to her daughter. Her daughter responded by asking if she bought the “white and gold one.” No, her mom replied, “it’s blue and black.” “Mum,” said her daughter, “if you think that’s blue and black you need to go and see the doctor.”1
Her daughter shared the photo on Facebook. Two weeks later the wedding went off without a hitch in Scotland and little ...
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