"You'll never hit oil no matter how deep you drill,
if you're drilling in the wrong location."
The self-actualizing principle of New Data says that
"New information is always grounds for reconsidering
old decisions to see if they should be changed."
No decision can ever be any better than the information
that it's based on. When the situation around you changes,
you need to change with it. The person who has the best facts
has the best chance for success, because the broader your vision
the better your decisions can be.
Even if it seems painful at first, new data broadens our view
so that we can make more informed and better choices.
At first, new problems are discouraging. But by blending
the new data with parts of our original goals, we can almost
always develop some new plans with better chances of succeeding.
Making the changes it suggests increases our chance of eventual success.