Hesitating over a big order at the dinner table
This is for a business owner who, midway through dinner, keeps turning their phone over and back while wondering whether to accept a big order that just came…
Scenes
- Will I regret turning down this order? — One big order that comes in during dinner takes turns amplifying the reasons to accept it and the reasons to refuse it.
- Something feels more frightening than the opportunity — What’s truly frightening isn’t the order itself, but the possibility that taking it on could mean putting everything else on hold.
- I put down my chopsticks and count the days — At the dinner table, I check the deadline again, counting on my fingers which days I can handle alone and which I can’t.
- Big opportunities bring hidden costs with them — In business decisions, counting only what you’ll gain can hide the risks. First, look at what you’d have to put on hold and whether you can turn back.
- Write one line about what you’d have to put on hold — Leave just one line in your phone’s memo. When the hidden burden comes into view, the weight of the choice may feel different too.
- Missing out and falling apart are not the same — Turning down this order won’t close off your path in business. Let’s start by comparing the conditions you can handle right now.
Stories by Haewol
- Haewol
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