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The Instructions You Ignore

Why confident people follow them and insecure people don’t.

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Scott D. Clary
Oct 23, 2025
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The product arrives. Instructions included. Detailed ones.

You throw them away and start pressing buttons.

It doesn’t work right. You press more buttons. Try different combinations. Google random phrases. Watch half a YouTube video that’s close but not quite your model.

Three days later, frustrated, you dig the instructions out of the trash.

Thirty seconds. That’s how long it takes to solve the problem.

But you’re not relieved. You’re annoyed.

Because following instructions feels like admitting you needed them.

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