BB2ME #6 — Slow down when you see a red flag

I hung up the phone after talking with the airline sales rep. Good news — I could change the dates for our tickets to Europe.

Bad news — it was going to cost money. Wow — $300 fee for each ticket. Over $500 for two simple transactions. Stupid mistake on my part.

There was a red flag when I had bought the tickets. I ignored it back then. Now I was paying the price.

It is easy to ignore red flags

I have noticed many red flags over the course of my life. Some I paid attention to. Others I didn’t.

It is easy to ignore red flags. Rather than pause and make adjustments, I stay on the same path. Head down, keep grinding.

In some red flag situations staying the course works well. In others, it leads to problems that could have been avoided.

Why I wrote this billboard

I hate making bad decisions. You should too.

When I look back at my biggest mistakes from the past few decades I notice that there were clear red flag warnings along the way.