How much did we know, and when did we know how much we did not know?

~ expectations are high in the beginning; taking on new tasks, new colleagues, projects or road-forks to somewhere new

Who knew, when we started in decades past, what did we know?

Nothing, of course, how could we know?

Sure we had ideas, chemistry, inspiration - tasks, wishes and dreams, and schemes to make good time on a trip, make a good profit on a deal, or design a winning venture.

But variables always enter the scene, things take longer, and things prove more difficul…