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May 23, 2006
Bump
You know how your day can be going along in a ho-hum-I'm-neither-happy-nor-sad sort of way, with tasks being accomplished and life moving along in an orderly sort of fashion, and then WHAM everything sort of tilts to one side and suddenly you think you are going to vomit?
That's me.
I got a phone call this afternoon which throws everything I thought about my current situation off balance. It's not particularly good news or bad news, just different news. And not even really news, but a new fact to add to a kaleidescope of information in an already complicated situation.
Now I'm in the position of having to make a potentially significant decision based on this new information TONIGHT. But I'm not really sure of what I want. Well, that's not strictly true--I want things to remain as they were this morning, but that is no longer a viable alternative. The way I see it, I now have three options:
Option #1 - Absorb the information and proceed as planned.
Pros - I still get to be involved (albeit in a second-best position), without having to radically change plans. I can always bow out later if I want.
Cons - By going along with the situation, I give up some of the control--and potentially face getting dropped later in the game.
Option #2 - Bow out now.
Pros - I retain the high ground, and get to exercise complete control over the situation.
Cons - I give up what could potentially be a great situation, leaving me with nothing.
Option #3 - Seek more information, and delay making a decision until later.
Pros - I get more time to think about what I really want.
Cons - The extra time may cost me the opportunity, since I'm competing against others.
Yup, I definitely want to vomit.
Comments
How viable is the other candidate?
Patience may be the path. Consider it an investment is a aggressive market. Those with the guts to have the patience get all the glory.
Posted by: Anonymous at May 23, 2006 10:41 PM
If you do it and get dropped later, would you have been sorry that you did it? Or would it leave you in some new situation with a little more experience and a little more learning - all the better to make sure you don't get into the same position next time, or that if you do, you have better insight into how to handle it.
Of course if you feel that you have a lot of momentum to make it work without their participation, you will learn from moving forward with that too I guess.
So either way is a learning experience...
But then I would think "If I try it and get dropped, I will be back in the position I was before I got dropped (assumption without knowing the situation)". On the other hand, if you dont try it you will be in that situation without ever having experienced the other one.
And then there is another one that is different from the first, but not as big as the other one. And doing either one leads to the same one as that one. Except for a few differences the one mentioned before.
God I'm helpful.
Posted by: Bastish at May 24, 2006 11:56 PM
