a decision. It is all about using the knowledge you’ve built up over a lifetime and your gut instinct to make the decision that is the most aligned with yourself and your goal. As an entrepreneur, I consider myself an optimist, the glass as half full type of person. However, as an engineer, my instinct and teaching cause me to plan for the unexpected. I believe this makes me a “cautious optimist”, for lack of a better term. This does not mean that I make the best decisions every time, however, I do make a decision using all the information I have and a healthy dose of my gut feeling. The gut instinct was developed overtime through making lots of small mistakes, recognizing them, and moving forward and improves everyday leading us to improve our decision-making process overtime.
Uncertainty comes in many forms: econom- ics, politics, inflation, recessions, competition, interest rates, and many more area. All these uncertainties pose different risks that we are bombarded with on a daily basis via social media, news channels, e-mails, and even conver- sations with friends and colleagues. It is import- ant to understand the source of the information that you are receiving, control what you can, and anything beyond your control should not take up a lot of mental space. What I mean by this is that instead of attempting to alter or control the impossible, you should take these factors into account without spend much energy worrying about them.
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