There is a fire while I am sleeping, I suffer burns (or die) because there was no smoke detector to wake me.

Generally if a healthy and well maintained tree falls over, it’s not considered the fault of the property owner and any loss is the responsibility of the person who suffered the loss and their insurance.

Throughout your investing career, you will suffer setbacks and losses.

It sucks, but it's a waiting game, meanwhile your investments suffer :-(I agree with @Andrew Johnson, your best option is to get the local government involved.   

What he learns here is that every time the rent is late he will get an eviction notice, the process won't stop until he's out or the rent is paid, and he will suffer a walk through and pay for the associated attorney fees.

If you spend all day customizing your CRM, your actual business operations will suffer!

I sincerely doubt you don't have stories of real privation in your own family, people who suffered to make sure you had enough to feel entitled to these phantom needs you've mentioned here.

Failing fwd is far better than suffering from analysis paralysis. 

Even though Puerto Rico suffered one of the worst natural disasters of our time most of the island has slowly recovered from the damage.

I could always talk them down, it's not about not trusting you, it's about losses suffered generally from such construction activities, there's no big deal at all so long as we just mover along and get'r done!"