Ever think you know it all OR at least enough to get by on your own?

Well I have a confession, I am a “know it all.”

I recently was having problems with my pool. Months earlier the pool installer came by and did some tests out of good will. He told me I needed some chemicals, which I did not believe—so I ignored him.

A few months later, I noticed the chlorine kept getting really low and I was getting really angry. I had two different service calls on my salt-system (which converts salt to chlorine). They kept telling me the problem was my “pool chemistry.” I kept telling them it was their faulty equipment.

Finally, I took a water sample to a local pool store. Sure enough, it was missing a key chemical. “Put this in the water and your problems will be solved,” the nice guy explained—and he was right!

Then things connected in my brain. Had I only listened to the pro the first time, none of this would have happened.

How often do you ignore sound advice?

(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)

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