What you can't see CAN hurt you.

There is a biological use for the blind spot. That place in our consciousness that we simply cannot see. That pattern we don't detect. That thing we simply cannot change. That behavior we know is killing us and cannot stop engaging in.
The blind spot keeps our mental faculties from overloading. It keeps us from ending up like the computer on "War Games," so overwhelmed by the inability to win at tic-tac-toe that it simply melts down.
What I wish for each of you is a practical, positive and resourceful method of overriding that blind spot every once in a while. Of actually noticing a destructive pattern. Of finally changing a useless behavior. Of learning to make choices that benefit you, benefit society and don't lead to stagnation.

It's a fine line to walk.  Safety vs. Excess. Status Quo and calm vs. excitement (and stress).

But Einstein wasn't wrong. Doing the same thing over and over and hoping for a different outcome is the definition of insanity.

So let's figure out where our blind spots are, peel back the curtains of our denial and stop playing the game. The computer in War Games didn't have a choice. But we do. We can stop playing games.