We all learn to develop strategies for protection out of these early losses in order to avoid the prospect of being in a similar position in the future.
Stalin accepted the agreement in order to avoid the prospect of war in 1939, but he had few illusions about the threat posed by Germany in the future.
He is also likely to come under pressure to postpone next year's UK general election by 12 months in the event of a vote for Scottish independence, in order to avoid the prospect of a Labour government that would depend on Scottish MPs.
Business has been booming in this respect lately, with The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and many less exalted journals full of claims that the global order is crumbling, America's ability (and willingness) to save it is in terminal decline, and the prospect of avoiding major conflict in the decade ahead is illusory.
John Lampe, Bridgestone/Firestone's executive vice president, was somewhat upbeat about the progress made in talks and the prospects of avoiding a strike.
None of the face-to-face interviews between Mr. Obama and vice-presidential prospects was conducted in Washington, to avoid running into a member of the capital's news media, they said.
The Edinburgh club issued a plea for "emergency backing" from supporters in early November to avoid the prospect of administration.
An important study outlines the main argument in prospect theory: when it comes to deciding among potential gains, people avoid risk, but when it comes to potential losses, people are risk seeking [ 6, 7].
Family members and close advisers say this is a New Newt, a man whose late-life maturity and mellowness help explain why Mr. Gingrich, whom the conservative commentator Peggy Noonan recently portrayed in The Wall Street Journal as a human hand grenade, has succeeded in methodically rebuilding his presidential prospects and avoided predictions of self-destruction.
Whatever the case may be, it's best to concentrate on a single action in order to avoid sending mixed signals to your prospects.
