Life is about making choices; usually deceptively simple looking but it isn’t when you decide to zoom in deeper. Here’s another one for you to think about;
Do you look before you jump OR
Do you jump before you look?
Scenario 1:
Due to the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998, George lost all his life savings in the stock market. To top it all, he owes relatives, friends and banks a large sum of money. As the saying goes, desperate situation calls for desperate measures and George decides to end his life in a suicide pact with his business partner Bush. George and Bush closed their eyes and jumped off a 20 storey building and died side by side.
Scenario 2:
Due to the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998, Richard lost all his life savings in the stock market. To top it all, he owes relatives, friends and banks a large sum of money. As the saying goes, desperate situation calls for desperate measures and Richard decides to end his life in a suicide pact with his business partner Branson. Richard closed his eyes and jumped off a 20 storey building first and died instantly. Branson, eyes wide open, hesitated and he decided that he wanted to die in a more dignified manner. He decided to live and start a counselling hotline that is similar to Befrienders and subsequently went on to build many successful business ventures.
Both scenarios have similar circumstances but have different results. Truth hurts; and humans find it difficult to accept change. There are times in our lives when thinking (looking) may be the vital one nano-second that the window of opportunities to open for us to act (jump). For us to see that window of opportunity, we need both our eyes to be wide open and thinking clearly in spite of the surmounting odds stacked against us.
We can learn from the diamond – the hardest substance known to mankind - comes from a humble beginning as a coal but subjected to tremendous amount of pressure for millions of years. As humans do not have a chance to live for millions of years, how difficult can it be to live in spite of surmounting off stacked against us for several decades?
The choice is yours; who would you rather be in the above scenarios?
Do you look before you jump OR
Do you jump before you look?
Scenario 1:
Due to the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998, George lost all his life savings in the stock market. To top it all, he owes relatives, friends and banks a large sum of money. As the saying goes, desperate situation calls for desperate measures and George decides to end his life in a suicide pact with his business partner Bush. George and Bush closed their eyes and jumped off a 20 storey building and died side by side.
Scenario 2:
Due to the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998, Richard lost all his life savings in the stock market. To top it all, he owes relatives, friends and banks a large sum of money. As the saying goes, desperate situation calls for desperate measures and Richard decides to end his life in a suicide pact with his business partner Branson. Richard closed his eyes and jumped off a 20 storey building first and died instantly. Branson, eyes wide open, hesitated and he decided that he wanted to die in a more dignified manner. He decided to live and start a counselling hotline that is similar to Befrienders and subsequently went on to build many successful business ventures.
Both scenarios have similar circumstances but have different results. Truth hurts; and humans find it difficult to accept change. There are times in our lives when thinking (looking) may be the vital one nano-second that the window of opportunities to open for us to act (jump). For us to see that window of opportunity, we need both our eyes to be wide open and thinking clearly in spite of the surmounting odds stacked against us.
We can learn from the diamond – the hardest substance known to mankind - comes from a humble beginning as a coal but subjected to tremendous amount of pressure for millions of years. As humans do not have a chance to live for millions of years, how difficult can it be to live in spite of surmounting off stacked against us for several decades?
The choice is yours; who would you rather be in the above scenarios?
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