Sunk Cost Fallacy

[SFRL]

Pretty good video on the Sunk Cost Fallacy and why people get stuck and throw their lives away. 

The Sunk Cost Fallacy can be a massive roadblock to self-development. 

Edited February 21, 2019 by SFRL

[lmfao]

Good video. Breaking up is indeed hard to do, it's hard to admit you've been putting your energy in the wrong things completely. 

[SFRL]

 

[Key Elements]

Ok, the OP video is interesting to me. So, I like to comment on it. I like the very first story of the video. It's simple--the couple has an on again and off again relationship for a long time--years, in fact, ok.

Let me put the story in a different way. I want to tell it in a different way. Two ascetic monks live in a temple. One goes travelling for a decade to another country in order to learn something new so that he could apply it in real life. He comes back home to his temple to tell his fellow monk, and they both learn from this.

Now, what does the story of the monks have anything to do with the OP couple story? Well, everything. Why? Because the monk's story could be applied to the couple's story. Any couple could also behave like those monks. Why not? Listen to it. A wife goes off for a decade into another country and comes back to tell her husband. It doesn't matter what kind of a relationship it is. It could be parents to child relationship. It could be between two friends, etc.

When it comes to a couple's relationship, it has to be the most controversial or the most talked about / gossipped about topic--whether or not they should break up. Well, it's up to them.

The secret to a successful relationship of any kind is detachment. And, to try to be the best version of yourself. You can't really make up your own definitions of what a relationship is. It's not based on society or someone's opinion.