You’ve been applying and interviewing and finally you have a job offer. But the job isn’t everything you had hoped. Now you have to decide whether to take it or not. Decisions are always difficult because we can never be certain what the future holds. However, a good analysis of the situation can help us make good decisions.
Take a look at your situation and write out your answers to these four questions:
- What will happen if I take the job?
- What won’t happen if I take the job?
- What will happen if I don’t take the job?
- What won’t happen if I don’t take the job?
This is the Cartesian coordinate questioning technique and it will engage you in a deeper level of thinking than simple logic. Use this technique for all your difficult decision-making and notice the difference it makes.
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