We all might have had this feeling that the odds are always stacked against us. Trust me, it is very true. Don’t get me wrong — it’s not you but everything else! When it comes to dealing with things, we generally make our decisions based on how they would affect us. Make no mistake, I’m not suggesting that we should turn our other cheek to accept the unfavorable things just like the favorable ones. In fact, we are wired this way. I mean, we are all egocentric, but that is the mechanism we are bestowed with, thanks to evolution, for our survival. However, I believe that this very nature is directly responsible for our hypocrisy and double standards even when it comes to understanding things around us. There is a saying which runs “to destroy is easier than to create”. It looks like it makes a lot of sense on the surface, right? Well, let’s run some test cases and see it for ourselves: a) It is easy to decimate a building, but it takes a whole lot of time to erect one. b) It is easy to