Patterns of History

You see things in your job, in life and in the world that seem similar. Situations matching in context to similar events, years or decades before. These dejavu type events may be readily apparent or need a scrutiny and a pattern recognition to surface the similarity. But they hold a fundamental parallel between them, the dissimilarities are limited to cosmetic or participant identity, but are formulated in similar manner and likely reach similar results.

History does have a way of repeating itself. Recognizing these patterns helps in identifying higher level trends, applying similar solutions or adjustments, or even identification of tether points need to break the cycle and institute change.

Understanding history is important for these reasons. Current lessons and successes are equally important, as they may be needed again in the future for yourself or others.