Good advice and the difficulty using it

Some of the best advice (and, honestly, it was this saying that got me to begin thinking outside the box) was given to me by a professor my first year in college, when he said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result.”

For me this simply and succinctly defines what it takes to have a successful outcome in whatever it is you are trying to accomplish, be it large or small. Let’s face it, this is good advice and if more of us could strictly follow this advice, we’d find so much more success in our efforts. However, while this saying seems simple and straightf...