How hard is it to follow instructions?

I bet you that most people would say that following instructions is not hard at all. However, my opinion seems to differ very much! There have been many times when instructions are written down in black and white, people read it and they still don’t know what to do or what the instructions are actually telling them to do.

I see this so often in daily activities, for example, at university the lecturers give clear instructions on what the students should do and in some mysterious way the students still achieve the exact opposite of what has actually been asked of them. I think all of us have been guilty of this once or twice in our lives, some of us all the time haha!

I know I have a very short attention span and don’t listen properly, but I think the bigger problem here is that people cannot apply themselves. Many people can receive and understand instructions, but cannot actually apply their minds. I wish the world could apply themselves more and be less formal and theoretical. I wish people would stop living by the book. People always complicate things for themselves. Hopefully one day we will get it.