Have you ever stopped and wondered why there's a coin toss at the start of a football game? Historically, most of us would agree that it is to determine who gets the ball first, but nowadays coaches may choose not to receive. Regardless, each team theoretically has an equal opportunity, although the team winning the toss may be at a slightly better initial advantage. There is plenty of gamesmanship to this pregame ritual, so allow me to look at it from both sides.
First, let us look at it from a statistical standpoint. There are two sides to a coin, so there is a 50% chance of getting heads and a 50% chance of getting tails on any given toss. Mathematically, the odds are no different with each toss, and over time then, you can expect heads or tails to come up equally as often.
Well, if you apply this line of thinking to independent conversations as well, then you would recognize that there are two sides to every story. Remember the old TV show, "Dragnet"? Joe Friday would just want "the facts Ma'am, just the facts", and he was quite clear on that. All that minutiae served only to confuse the situation and detract from the real story.
When it comes to life, you can get the facts or you can flip a coin and take your chances. Of course, that's your choice, but regardless, you have to live by those decisions. I prefer having the facts and discussing the various options, provided there is time. I have found that the outcome tends to be far more reasonable and satisfying. But, if you'd like, we can flip a coin; heads I win, tails you loose. How do you like them odds?
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I think a better life analogy is the roll of the dice. Often we don't have heads and tails choices. More often we have something between 1 and 6 (or for the more avid gamers, 1-30).
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