What to do when we are met with opportunities? For better or Worse?
In some point in time, we are bound to meet with opportunities in our business, career or life. And the decisions that we made for all these opportunities are going to be an impact in our life at a later stage.
It could be anything like a decision for career switch, a decision for business start up, a decision for joint venture and partnering, a decision to migrate with your spouse to another country, etc. There are so many opportunities and options as we walk through the different stages of our lives.
We are more than often at the junction of whether to proceed and take off from the point from where we are at to the point where we want to be, or a point where we would just stay where we are. It is a tough call for some. And it is a gamble to others.
As humans, we are always putting ourself at the mercy of temptation; the picture that we paint in our mind, that the grass is greener at the other end, or the persuasive sayings and opinions of others, or the emotion appeal that was created as a result of temptation, which all sums up to in putting our brain in an unfavorable condition to make the real decision and see the whole picture.
What is the missing piece of puzzle?
The failure to weight the pros and cons under a condition of no disruption, or emotion to make us sway towards either sides of the options. Put it simply, we fail to position our mind and self being, on neutral grounds.
There is no right or wrong in any decision that we made, there is only the results that we are getting, and our ability to adapt to the outcome and accept the fact of the results.
What to do when we get any opportunity in our life?
Opportunity can come in a blessing in disguise or a torture in the long run when problem surfaces.
Here is how I would normally do when I meet with opportunity:
- Do not make a decision right away, without much thinking.
- Get time to cool down.
- Cast away from the greener grass picture about the benefits, and start picturing what if the grass turns out to be a barren ground?
- Calculate your risks.
- Open your mind to other possibilities and alternatives.
- Make your decision, and accept the outcome of the result.
Making a yes or no decision at the time of your offer is definitely a haste and rush decision. No unless you know where you are going and getting to, and the offer fits into your plan and not the benefit at the point in time.
Let the inner self stay peaceful and not emotional. Only with a clear mind, can you be able to see things clearly. Angry, anxious, excited, or any emotional appeal, will blind your real vision.
As much as you think about the benefits you are getting, you need to think about the losses that you will face as a consequence as well. As much as success and failure is a line apart, weight your pros and cons, and calculate your risks as well.
I am not asking you to be a pessimist, I am asking you to be able to know what are the consequences and risks that you will face or prepare to face, and looking it as the whole picture from an elevated angle view; not the partial picture that you program on your mind with only the benefits.
And when you have already got the whole picture, you will be able to figure out other possibilities and alternatives. Reposition your thoughts and stand.
And finally make your decision, and accept whatever the result that you would have anticipated in your consequences prior to that.
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