The things we take for granted are usually the things we’ve started assuming will still be here tomorrow. But maybe that was never part of the promise.
Controversial: being "easy to work with" and being a pushover get confused constantly. One earns trust. The other just gets you handed more work for the same pay.
"Fortune favors the bold." — Latin proverb.
Half true. Fortune favors the bold who also checked their downside first. Recklessness just gets there faster and leaves sooner.