Michael: Guys, let me ask you something. Do you want your life to be better or worse or stay the same?
All: Stay the same.
In this funny Office scene from season 7 episode 5: ‘The Sting’, Michael Scott is expecting his staff to say that they want a better life. Instead they give a resounding definitive “stay the same”. At least they’re honest.
Unlike the most of us.
We say we want a better life but the truth is we’re not willing to take action. Deep down we just want things to stay the way they are. We’re naturally resistant to change.
We want predictability. Even if the expectation is misery. At least we know what misery to expect. The unknown is scary. Scarier than predictable misery.