In the last paradigm shift, “The 3 Main Sources of Unexpected Events,” we learned that there are three main sources: the equipment doing something unexpectedly, someone else doing something unexpectedly, or you (me) doing something unexpectedly ourselves. We used a reliable database—what has actually happened to us. We built our own personal risk pyramids. This gave us more than just numbers. It also got us thinking about the source of the unexpected event in our own serious injuries.
The conclusion was that more than 95 percent (97-99 percent in most cases), the unexpected event was in the “self-area.” So, for this next paradigm shift, let’s go back to that reliable database (what’s actually happened to you), and ask you to think about the most dangerous thing you’ve ever done. It could have been skydiving, scuba diving with sharks, driving over 100 mph (160 km/h), etc. But think of the instance, not just a general category like driving or riding your bike—more like when you were riding your bike down the steepest hill, going the fastest you’ve ever gone on your motorcycle or in your car.