Tag: status quo
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Normalcy bias
WotD: Normalcy bias Normalcy bias is a cognitive bias that can lead people to underestimate the possibility of a disaster or crisis occurring. This bias causes individuals to assume that things will always go according to plan and that the status quo will remain unchanged. Essentially, normalcy bias is a tendency to believe that the…
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Creative destruction
WotD: Creative destruction Creative destruction is a term coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter to describe the process of innovation and technological progress that leads to the demise of old industries and the birth of new ones. It is an essential aspect of modern capitalism and has been responsible for the unprecedented economic growth and prosperity that…
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Rock the boat
Phrase: Rock the boat Sometimes you can only take so much bullsh**. Then you have to get things off your chest. When that happens, you tend to rock the boat. Japan is a wonderful country. It’s safe and secure, and nothing much to cause grave concern ever happens here. That’s the problem. I used to…
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Like a lamb to the slaughter
Phrase: Like a lamb to the slaughter Here we walk hand in hand into an uncertain future like lambs to the slaughter. I don’t want to tell you I told you so, but I like to toot my own horn, especially when I’m right. When Russia annexed Crimea back in 2014, I told my students…
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Raise its head
Phrase: Raise its head From time to time, something will raise its head that we cannot ignore, no matter how much we would prefer to do otherwise. America has Trumpism, and Japan has economic stagnation. Both are severe problems that have been ignored for too long. When something raises its head, it becomes a problem…
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Make waves
WotD: Make waves It is time to make waves, disturb the status quo, and cause a little trouble. Throughout history, innovations have changed the way we live and do business. These innovations are designed with one goal in mind: to upset the apple cart. Changing how we do things or causing trouble is what it…
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Gloss over
WotD: Gloss over Little problems, inconvenient facts or faults that we’d rather not deal with are all glossed over to make things progress smoothly or avoid a hassle. I’m not saying that we are all walking around with a small paintbrush and a can of varnish in our back pockets, but human nature intentionally overlooks…
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Build a better mousetrap
Idiom: Build a better mousetrap It sucks, I know, but most of us do not come from money, nor does money grow on trees for us. If, then, we would like to have a more comfortable life, with perhaps fewer money worries and possibly, dare I say it, a rainy day fund in the bank,…
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Speak truth to power
Phrase: Speak truth to power The most important things are often the most difficult to do. Many people have been ridiculed, beaten, jailed or murdered because they spoke truth to power. Some of the most famous names in history are those of people who chose to confront authority about injustices instead of meekly standing by. …
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Status quo
WotD: Status quo Say goodbye to the Status quo, Manila; jeepneys will soon be a thing of the past. Status quo is Latin for the way things are now or the current situation. The English language is peppered with Latin words that are still used today. Love ’em or hate ’em jeepneys have been a part of…
