Where Possible, NEVER PLAY WITH FIRE

 

From our childhood years, we were always taught NOT TO PLAY with matches.  We were warned that we might get burned.  Oh yes, looking back, I was one of those recalcitrant boys WHO DIDN'T always heed and listen to my parents.  And because I DIDN'T pay attention, YES, that got me in trouble a few times.  Looking back, I could have been burnt black and blue beyond recognition if things went out of hand.  Today, allow me to do a mapping of those 'childhood' trials in our life because decisions are needed from time to time and Where possible, NEVER PLAY WITH FIRE😌😌😌

And quite a few times in our life, the decisions we made and reached will burn us.  Common culprit?  Some of our decisions are arrived at NOT out of collated information BUT sometimes out of GREED [Oooops, this reminds me of the latest corruption scandal running to hundreds of billions, ouch!].  Oh yes, we seem to be inclined to quote statistical data.  And although I was never into that Statistics field, I did hear a statistician proudly strut off that statistics can be bent to WHATEVER you want them to go.  That should make us realize as to why politicians would show off statistics always painting a rosy picture of themselves💚💛💜

These days when the buzz words are BIG DATA and DATA SCIENCE, it's like PLAYING WITH FIRE because eventually they will get burned.  Frankly, across countries and continents, if we have a commonality, it is that we live in cultures that PLAY WITH FIRE.  That culture says "IT IS ALRIGHT TO DO WHATEVER I DO AS LONG AS I DON'T GET CAUGHT".  LIKE "I CAN GET DRUNK, RUN AROUND, ABUSE MY CHILDREN, DO WHAT I WANT" and so on❗❗❗

Our common problem, though, gets exacerbated by the widespread monopoly and influence of social media across all landscapes.  Those days when 'RISK' was the buzzword and 'MITIGATION' was the fix.  So, this all boils down for us to reinforce our awareness of 'RISK' because it comes about anytime in our daily lives.  Try giving 'RISK' a lip service and knock on wood, God knows WHAT happens next.  Forget about the MILLENNIALS for now.  Instead, let us brace ahead with our Gen Z, Gen Alpha and Gen Beta💧💧💧

Our takeaway:  Let us NOT be quick to pass the blame to our Gen Z's, Gen Alpha's and Gen Beta's because the onus falls back on our shoulders.  We CAN'T run away from that innate responsibility to ensure that our latest generations DON'T get 'off tracked' in the midst of all the distractions in our daily lives.  Throw in the unabated influence of social media and we could end up either with a huge circus or a very scary nightmare that will haunt us over and again.  YES PLEASE, it should NOT be hard for us to cascade the sage messaging for our new generations to be RISK-averse and RISK-conscious before it's too late, before those PLAYING WITH FIRE GET BURNED💥💥💥