I'm sure this translates to many occupations other than sales, so view this through whatever personal lens you may.
A problem, a negotiation, a need arises. There are multiple ways to approach said situation. Have you ever been overwhelmed with the angles and facets that are at your disposal?
Have you ever seen a beginning and an end, and then in between lay a forest of options at which to hack and hew and saw?
Think of a circular room with a dozen or so doors, only half of which will lead you to where you need to go. Now pick a door. Oh, and one of the doors has a big alligator behind it....and he's hungry.
So as you work your way through a tough situation, there is that moment where you reach a singularity. Maybe it's a great win-win situation, and the corks start popping.
But....sometimes it's just not. Sometimes you hit a point where a line is drawn, and 1) That line could be the spot where two parties accept a bit of give and take, and shake hands. They say the perfect negotiation is when both parties walk away feeling as though they've given up something. More people should understand this.
However, that line could be 2) a demarcation point that turns into a precipice with a long abysmal drop.
So...There may be a smack of horror, a clenching up of every cell in your body, an internal emotional scream that you simply can't intellectualize for a specific window of time (full disclosure, this is where I am and what I feel as I write this post). This is because you don't know whether the line drawn will be an example of #1 or #2 above.
So.....you write a blog, or talk to a friend, or work out, or eat a huge slice of cake, or drink too much, etc, etc, etc.
And then.....you wake up the next morning (or something along these lines), and you see that there is only one door. And that you have to walk through it. And that you really don't have to think about it, you just have to get to walking.
You know that the door may lead to a fine result, or a satiated alligator.
But you've done what you can, and now it's time to move on and learn from what comes.
I see that tomorrow I have one door, and it is time to get to walking..... And in this, there is peace.
Oh....and I've got a huge slice of chocolate cake....so there's that.
(Footnote Disclosure of Post-Modern Fit of Indulgent Self-Awareness: I do realize that within this entire post I have been indirectly talking to myself. By putting this out into the blogosphere, I've put a bit of a muzzle on those voices, and although not an exact fit, it has muffled them. And, big fun for you, you have just overheard a conversation of schizophrenic proportions with me, talking myself of a cliff, with a lovely chorus of screaming meemies in the background.)
A problem, a negotiation, a need arises. There are multiple ways to approach said situation. Have you ever been overwhelmed with the angles and facets that are at your disposal?
Have you ever seen a beginning and an end, and then in between lay a forest of options at which to hack and hew and saw?
Think of a circular room with a dozen or so doors, only half of which will lead you to where you need to go. Now pick a door. Oh, and one of the doors has a big alligator behind it....and he's hungry.
So as you work your way through a tough situation, there is that moment where you reach a singularity. Maybe it's a great win-win situation, and the corks start popping.
But....sometimes it's just not. Sometimes you hit a point where a line is drawn, and 1) That line could be the spot where two parties accept a bit of give and take, and shake hands. They say the perfect negotiation is when both parties walk away feeling as though they've given up something. More people should understand this.
However, that line could be 2) a demarcation point that turns into a precipice with a long abysmal drop.
So...There may be a smack of horror, a clenching up of every cell in your body, an internal emotional scream that you simply can't intellectualize for a specific window of time (full disclosure, this is where I am and what I feel as I write this post). This is because you don't know whether the line drawn will be an example of #1 or #2 above.
So.....you write a blog, or talk to a friend, or work out, or eat a huge slice of cake, or drink too much, etc, etc, etc.
And then.....you wake up the next morning (or something along these lines), and you see that there is only one door. And that you have to walk through it. And that you really don't have to think about it, you just have to get to walking.
You know that the door may lead to a fine result, or a satiated alligator.
But you've done what you can, and now it's time to move on and learn from what comes.
I see that tomorrow I have one door, and it is time to get to walking..... And in this, there is peace.
Oh....and I've got a huge slice of chocolate cake....so there's that.
(Footnote Disclosure of Post-Modern Fit of Indulgent Self-Awareness: I do realize that within this entire post I have been indirectly talking to myself. By putting this out into the blogosphere, I've put a bit of a muzzle on those voices, and although not an exact fit, it has muffled them. And, big fun for you, you have just overheard a conversation of schizophrenic proportions with me, talking myself of a cliff, with a lovely chorus of screaming meemies in the background.)
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