I broke a glass in the kitchen the other day.
It happened in the middle of busy day, and I got frustrated at the sweeping, discarding, and vacuuming that followed.
I had no reason to get frustrated, though.
Here’s why.
When we buy glassware, we agree to an implicit contract: when we eventually drop one and it breaks, we need to do the clean up.
If we aren’t prepared to do the clean up, we should’ve bought plastic glasses instead.
This is a simple example, but we enter into implicit contracts all the time.
Choosing to watch that extra episode on Netflix means we implicitly agree to being a little less focused in tomorrow’s afternoon meeting.
Joining that sports teams means we implicitly agree to turn up to training even when it’s cold and raining.
Choosing to pursue a career in a distant land means we implicitly agree to miss out on some of life’s special moments.
How much of life, then, happens implicitly?