We don’t wake up 40 pounds heavier than yesterday. It requires putting too much stuff in your mouth for lots and lots of days. It didn’t happen by accident, nor did it happen overnight.
We don’t wake up being an Olympic medalist. It requires falling in love with training. Hours and hours of focused work, dedication, ignorance. It didn’t happen by accident, nor did it happen overnight.
We all know the type of conversations in the Medina in Marrakech, Morocco. Where we start off smelling some incense, and the next moment we see ourselves walking out with six bags full of stuff.
Or that conversation with our partner, where we accidentally say something about a task the other person didn’t do – and you actually didn’t bother but the other person saw an opportunity to reflect on you as well – and the next moment you’re both angry in another room and don’t know what the hefty argument actually started with.
Slippery slopes are all around us.
If we figure out how we can identify them, we can also decide what to do with them.
Most slippery slopes happen without us noticing, but when we notice we can decide whether to continue or to change the tide.