Beware defensive patterns
Last week on a train, I caught myself running a defensive pattern. The refreshment trolley was approaching, "teas, coffees, hot chocolates?" "No thanks mate", I muttered, and many other passengers were doing the same. But as he passed along I thought the Cherry Bakewell looked nice, but by then it was too late, he'd gone. We all have patterns in our lives. We all follow procedures which get us from A to B, help us move on in our worlds and many of us have patterns which try to save…
