Are you willing to walk away?

Are you willing to walk away?

In negotiation tactics, a good negotiator is always clear (at least with themselves) what their minimum conditions of satisfaction are for a satisfactory deal. A negotiator who is not clear about their minimum conditions of satisfaction ends up making many bad deals by thinking that they “have to make the deal.”

Are you a good negotiator for your own life?

In other areas of our lives, however, most of us never get clear about when we will walk away, when our minimum conditions of satisfaction are not being met in a given area of our life.

Your #1 job

It is a choice of courage: to embrace our fear, to clarify our boundaries, to define our minimum conditions of satisfaction, and to take consistent, appropriate action.

Do you have a good deal in your work?

In your job, are you willing to set a standard below which you are willing to walk away? If you are willing to walk away, you have much more power to create the job you want, whether it be the current one or a new one.

Do you have a good deal in your marriage?

In your marriage, if you were clear that living alone would be better, would you be willing to walk away? If you are willing to walk away, you have much more power to create the relationship you want, whether it be the current one or a new one.

Do you have a good deal in each of your friendships?

In a friendship, if you believed you would be happier without that friend, would you be willing to walk away? If you are willing to walk away, you have much more power to build better friendships, whether they include this friend or not.

Do you have a good deal in the project?

With a project or a goal or working toward your degree, if you recognize that the costs outweigh the benefits, would you be willing to walk away? If you are willing to walk away, your projects and goals will be much more satisfying, whether or not the current one is finished.

Is your country giving you a good deal in contrast with the alternatives?

In deciding in which country to live, if you believe you would be better off in another country, would you be willing to walk away? If you are willing to walk away, you can live in the country that provides the best environment for you, whether it’s your current country or a new one.

Is life giving you a good deal in contrast with the alternative?

In your life (most probably near its end), if you are clear that the pain outweighs the pleasure, with no prospect for it getting better, would you be willing to walk away? If you are willing to walk away, then a successful and enjoyable life can be ended without the unnecessary and inhumane suffering that has no termination, except in your death.

This is your life!

Taking a stand for a magnificent life requires that we not be willing to settle for less than we have the possibility of having.

Where in your life have you not been willing to walk away? Will you choose the courage to walk away?

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