Sunday, April 08, 2012

To do or not to do?

There are many times that we ponder on our challenges and after many moments of pondering, we are still pondering. It could be our next job, our next trip or even in minor things like our next watch to buy. The question is not deciding which one to buy but a step earlier than that. It is about should we start deciding.This 'limbo' creates a very common situation across the people I know. It lands us into the land of 'inaction'. Things just.......stop.

With some serious thinking made on this subject based on my personal encounter recently, I realize that this inaction stems out from uncertainty. When the outcome is uncertain, we will therefore unable to decide or take action. For example, there are times that your alarm clock is working but once a while it doesn't. Do you change your alarm clock? Most likely we don't because it is 'once in a blue moon'. Because of that, we continue to 'suffer' from the uncertainty which is big enough to complain but too small to take any action. And the outcome? Still like that lor...Inaction.

There will continue be situations where the outcome can be uncertain. Rather than 'suffer', why not we take a stand? We make an assumption i.e. that the situation will DEFINITELY turn into a specific outcome. When the situation becomes certain, we will then naturally take action. If there is such a word, we should 'CERTAINTIZE' it.

Simply, make things happen by deciding what will happen in a limbo. Once we have that certainty, we will move things.