SocialUX, I’m sending you a virtual high five! And here is a link to my favorite essay on the point you’ve so wonderfully articulated. It describes how getting in over our heads, overestimating our chances for success, and underestimating the challenges of a project is important because it forces us to come up with creative solutions once we are too far along to turn back. As a result, we discover solutions that we otherwise never would have considered. http://www.nationalaffairs.com/doclib/20080516_196700602theprincipleofthehidinghandalbertohirschman.pdf