The blog post is about how people make decisions based on their past experiences and how they tend to turn those experiences into "stories" or beliefs that guide them. Imagine a decision maker - someone who has to figure out what to do in tricky situations. This person doesn’t just blindly follow what they’ve learned from the past. Instead, they treat those lessons like ideas or guesses that need to be checked out, kind of like a scientist doing experiments to see if something’s true.

But here’s the catch: humans aren’t naturally wired to test things like that. When something happens to us over and over, we start to build a story in our heads about how the world works. The more that story seems to hold up, the more we trust it—and the less we want to question it. For example, if you’ve always succeeded by doing things a certain way, you might think, “This is the right way,” and never try anything different, even if it could be better.

This habit can trip us up because it makes us too comfortable with what we already believe. To fight this, we should intentionally push ourselves to test our assumptions whenever we can—like double-checking if our story really holds water instead of just assuming it does. It’s about being open to questioning what we think we know.

The deeper insight here is that while we love turning our experiences into neat little stories (and then using them to guide what we do next), that can sometimes lead us astray. Stories simplify things, but the real world is messy and complicated. If we get too attached to our stories, we might miss the bigger picture. However, if we use this storytelling habit smartly - testing and tweaking our ideas instead of locking them in - we can turn it into a tool to better understand reality, rather than a trap that keeps us stuck.

In short: don’t just trust your gut or past experiences blindly. Test them when you can, because the truth is trickier than the stories we tell ourselves.