There are certain things in life that will happen, whether we like it or not. As I write this introduction it is early September in Texas and it still feels like summer—triple-digit hot. That is just the way it is, whether I like it or not, and to be perfectly honest, I don't. Obviously I could move to a place with a more moderate climate, but instead I rely on air conditioning whenever the weather forecast tells me that it is going to be hot.
In our professional lives as engineers working on oil and gas facilities, there are definite parallels: things that tend to happen whether we like it or not.
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