Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

For virtually everything in life, we face decisions about whether we should “sweat the small stuff.” No doubt, most may have encountered a boss who micromanages us with useless reports and we wonder why they don’t have something better to do. People cut you off in traffic, your spouse bites their nails or cracks their knuckles, and you cringe about whether to say anything. Businesses must allow a small amount of shoplifting because it is too expensive to stop it all. We learn to ignore small insults so that we can focus on larger harms. One current example is regulation of so-called “forever chemicals.” 

Read the full piece on my Substack here.