Wish I Had Said That

Marie over at Disarranging Mine wonders about the usefulness of blindly "staying the course":

What I hear these men saying is, even if things get ridiculously stupid, we're going to keep doing it. At what point, once you start staying the course, do you stop staying the course? How do you know when staying the course is the wrong course?

I think staying the course is a rationalization for stubbornness combined an unwillingness to admit a mistake. You know, it may not be macho but adjusting your plan (altering the "course") to adapt to reality is the only way to positively navigate life. Pig-headed, face-saving absolutism is a rough and costly road.