Here's one for you; if you're facing a difficulty, would you take your own advice or someone else's? In any situation that you are faced with you can either follow your instincts or seek wise council from those that are in the know.
Which one is more important though? In the grand scheme of things, which of the two perspectives should have more weight put into it?
I'm here today to advise that they're both just as important as one another, the real challenge comes into knowing when to follow your instincts and when to follow the advice of others.
Bringing Out the Prospective Positive
I'll start at the very top today, as this week I've been offered a job in a 100% commission role for a company in central Manchester.
How does that make me feel?
In all honesty I have mixed feelings about the whole bag because of the fact that a 100% commission roll equals no guaranteed salary at the end of the month... the only money you get is based completely on how you pitch the product!
Now before I say any more, I do not doubt my abilities to do the job, it is more of a fear of the unknown because a role like this would certainly cast me out there in territories that I have never been in.
In all of this, the opinions I have encountered range from the positive to the downright negative.
Who Do I Trust?
But here's the curious thing; the positive opinions of 'take the job' come from both my family and my closest friends whereas the negative comes largely from my advisor at Seetec and a few of the guys there who are like me; unemployed and seeking work.
My only discipline is which side of the fence to land upon. Do I take the role or do I not?
What it comes down to is who do I trust?
I have sought the council of God upon this and He has said exactly what He said before I took the Domino's role: -
"whatever you decide I can still bless you"
This is what He said right before I signed my contract at Domino's and I see now that after words like this, it reminds me that He is in the business of blessing and will actively seek to do so, even when I don't deserve it.
I just wish the decision wasn't so definite!
I recognise that this is a crossroads in my life because to take the job means I've got work once again, which is what it's all been about. But then I have to consider that if I don't then nothing changes, I carry on looking and see what comes next.
Which one has the greater significance? To 'take' or 'not to' take.
What I am really seeking at this time is the clear distinction between which opinion to put more weight into, which is not that hard to answer.
I put my trust and faith in my family and friends, but at the same time I admit there is some hesitancy in taking this job because this would really be casting me out into deepest waters, unlike anything that I have ever been in before.
So what do we take from that, this week? It's all about striking that balance, once you can find a place where the opinions you get are ones you trust, then maybe pay them a little more heed than you would a complete stranger.
It will also highlight for you the kind of company that you are keeping because if the only opinions you get are the negative kind, then you've got to ask yourself just who you are spending your time with.
If they're negative all the time, make a change.
You don't have to be rude, but you can choose who you spend that time with.
It's not about changing friends until you only have ones that say what you want to hear, but it is about only keeping around you those that are going to build you up, champion you even, to be the best version of yourself that you can be. Yes, you won't get it right all the time, that's not the issue, the issue is that you have people around you who are going to cheer you onto your destiny and not hold you back because they don't think you can do it or deserve to.
Final Thought
Bringing to a close then, today's post, I am looking forward to the future because tomorrow I have another interview for another role that sounds like it's similar to the one I went for on Thursday.
I'll be spending the day with them so that should be interesting seeing just how they do the job and how, if at all, it differs to the other one I went to.
Again the decision comes down to me, I just want to make the right choice and in fact, what I said to my dad yesterday might give you an insight into what I'm really feeling right now: -
"If only I could see six months into the future of both timelines; that way I would know which decision leaves me better off!"Well, that about brings the post to a wraps for this week, I hope you're enjoying this little project of mine because I am certainly enjoying putting it together.
To close then, let me reiterate what someone said to me some time ago: -
What ever you do, get started doing it!
Peace out!
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