The Benefit of Knowing

Monday morning quarterbacking – the connotations are anything but positive.

Life is full of instances in which someone, in possession of all the factors that informed – or that should have informed, had they known about them – another’s earlier decision, and with full knowledge of the outcome of such decision,

Appraisal
Is it an art or a science? Is it equal parts of art and science? Is one part weighted more than the other? Do the answers to these questions depend upon the purpose for which the appraisal is being sought? Do they depend upon who is asking the question?

Yes, no, maybe, sometimes.

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