Once a deal is struck, its done.
How can you open negotiations with someone else who comes along regarding the same matter?
Counter-offers? Many of us know this to be immoral. Those who accept counter-offers often regret doing so. Because trust is often broken in the process.
In the same way, when you have reached a decision in your mind, you should not allow fear, in whatever form, to try and negotiate a new deal with you. If you wait a little longer, and you play it safe. It means the timing is not yet right. The product is not yet 100% ready.
And if you break the deal and accept fear’s new terms, you break trust, with yourself. And your counter-party relationship is no longer the same. Your decisions do not carry as much weight.
Do not negotiate with fear. When you negotiate from a position of fear, you have no negotiating power. You bring desperation and you devalue what you bring to the table.
Easier said than done. I know. But fear is the greatest enslaver.
And Freedom must be fought for through courage. There is no other way.
When we decide, we are making a new rule for ourselves. Yes, the decisions you make should rule you.
Once you have decided you have used up your choice in the matter and are now subject to that decision you made - it is a rule and it rules you completely.
This is a definition of discipline; of commitment; of (making a) determination. Resolution. Be resolute.
Submitted by Sazi Ndwandwa in response to “Sometimes what is in you is too big for what you are in”
