Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.” In short, accept that your position was fault… - Colin Powell

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.” Those words stayed with me.

Facts are verified information that is then presented as objective reality. The rub here is the verified part. How do you verify verified? Facts are slippery, and so is verification. Today's verification may not be tomorrow's. It turns out that facts may not really be facts; they can change as the verification changes; they may only tell part of the story, not the whole story; or they may be so qualified by verifiers that they're empty of information.

You can't make good decisions unless you have good information and can separate facts from opinion and speculation.'''

You break it, you own it.