Well unfortunately you can't! And the sooner you come to realise that, the easier it is to make a decision.
You know what I'm talking about - when you've accidentally organised to do something and you've forgotten you'd already promised to do something else. So how do you get around it?
First up, you can compromise. Could either event be rescheduled to another day or time? If so, great, problem solved. If it can't be then that's where you need to make the tough decision.
Either way you go you're inevitably going to offend someone. You could take the path of least resistance and pike on the option with the least fallout. But what if you can't even do that because both events are equally important?
Well there's really only one solution - honour your first commitment and apologise to the second. People will have more respect for you if you're honest and upfront about (stupidly) double-booking then they will if they think you've just picked your favourite option. If your first op is your favourite one, well that's just a bonus...
And in future - use a diary ... !
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Take Your Own Advice
There are going to be times in your life when you have to make some big decisions (like which uni course to choose, which career to follow, where to go for holidays...) and it always helps when you have your family and/or friends around you as a sounding board.
Whilst its great to have the support and guidance of those close to you, be careful that you don't fall into the trap of actually doing what they want you to do.
Take for example, my husband and I buying a house. We've been looking for a year now, just waiting to find that perfect place. We've spent many hours agonising over the pros and cons of all options, when to put offers in and when not to. We've even dragged our families around to open house inspections - our record was 4 houses in 40mins!
And now with all of the uncertainty with the current economic instability, nearly everyone has told us to hold off and sit tight. And that's when it happened - we found it. And they still told us to hold off. But contrary to the well meaning advice we were getting we went with our gut and snagged (what we believe to be) a bargain.
They're now so excited for us, and constantly telling us how well we've done!
If you know that what you're doing is the right thing for you, then go for it. Listen to those close to you and take on board their opinions and advice but at the end of the day you have to happy with your decision. Besides, nothing beats the satisfaction of giving a wry smile when they pat you on the back for a job well done...
Whilst its great to have the support and guidance of those close to you, be careful that you don't fall into the trap of actually doing what they want you to do.
Take for example, my husband and I buying a house. We've been looking for a year now, just waiting to find that perfect place. We've spent many hours agonising over the pros and cons of all options, when to put offers in and when not to. We've even dragged our families around to open house inspections - our record was 4 houses in 40mins!
And now with all of the uncertainty with the current economic instability, nearly everyone has told us to hold off and sit tight. And that's when it happened - we found it. And they still told us to hold off. But contrary to the well meaning advice we were getting we went with our gut and snagged (what we believe to be) a bargain.
They're now so excited for us, and constantly telling us how well we've done!
If you know that what you're doing is the right thing for you, then go for it. Listen to those close to you and take on board their opinions and advice but at the end of the day you have to happy with your decision. Besides, nothing beats the satisfaction of giving a wry smile when they pat you on the back for a job well done...
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