Although scientific experiments have indicated that an anecdote known as the Boiling Frog Syndrome is not necessarily true, it provides a wonderful example of how incremental changes in an environment can go undetected until disaster strikes. To no one’s surprise, a frog placed in boiling water will jump out immediately. However, the same frog placed in cold water will succumb to the environment if the water is gradually brought to a boil over a period of time. This is the result of failing to perceive the continuous danger around them. Quite simply, the frog does not notice the slow rise in the surrounding temperature until it is too late just as small course anomalies on a journey, or seemingly innocuous decisions made to a carefully
