What Denotes Good Advice?
We all have bad days at work. When we do, it is not uncommon to entertain the thought of: “do I stay, or do I go?”
Recently I came across strong arguments to support either option.
From “don’t quit your job…never be without an income stream”, to “appreciate what you have until you have a plan to go after something better,” to the enticing: “Oh, go for it, don’t live a life with regrets.”
All three bits of advice make perfect sense. So, whose advice do you take? How do you choose among: patience; temptation; inspiration; motivation; opportunity costs; impulsiveness; and risk-taking?
Should we also be factoring in things like: circumstances, personalities, and desired results?
We may even ask ourselves: “Which is easier?” But, then the follow-up question would be: “Is life about being easy?”
There are mathematical processes for decision-making out there, where you can rank priorities and weigh probabilities. While that may give you some intellectual peace of mind, is practical advice and rationalization the best way to go?
Either way, I came to realize that maybe the answer is to take all three bits of advice and roll them into one solid piece of advice and do all three. Maybe we don’t always have to choose (per se).
What other choices in our life do not really need to be choices of “either/or” but rather ”both/and”?
