It was just past 7 a.m. on a Monday when a longtime client, a seasoned and busy executive with two decades of C-suite experience, called during his commute. “I skimmed three headlines about the Fed, inflation, and some bad news about chip stocks,” he said, “but I don’t have time to connect the dots. You’ve got this right?” 

Throughout history, widely held beliefs have been proven incorrect. In the 19th century, for example, Scurvy was believed to have been caused by bad weather, poor hygiene, and a number of other things.