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Year End Musings - An Opinion on Opinions

  The past few years have been rather contentious, and every subject matter is a trigger point – Covid, Vaccines, Politics of course dominated the discourse. Other subjects like economy, tax policy, security, terror and global issues formed a part. To argue with passion is one thing, to do so with conviction is quite another – especially when one is expressing an opinion and nothing more often. Here is an opinion about opinions. Everybody has an opinion on everything, but to dissect this, our opinions are shaped by the following. Personal Experience Reflected Experience Subject Matter Knowledge Data related to the subject & Information Emotion Be it the Prime Minister or the Private citizen, none can claim to have all of these on an issue to express an opinion that can be taken as the final word. Nobody is at 100%. Decisions are where our opinions get converted as actions. Decisions are based on a combination of the above which as a sum, we believe to be 100%, which in reality ...