How many times have you fretted and worried over a decision? A decision is rarely a choice between right and wrong but the way most people handle them, you'd think they were.
I worried about going back to university. At the time, I was twenty-five years old. I'd be twenty-nine be the time I received my bachelors degree and if I got into vertinary medicine as I hoped, I'd be thirty-three years old before I graduated.
You know what — I'd still be thirty-three years old even if I didn't go to university. And I'd be doing something other than what I really wanted to do. So I went, and the rest they say is history.
If you're worried about the outcome of a decision, this is what you do:
Define the problem as completely as possible. In my case the decision was to remain a groom at the racetrack making one hundred dollars per week or to go to university.
Determine the worst-case senario as a reality or, if you can't accept this scenario do something else. Ok, I'd be eight years older and not be a veterinarian, or have a university degree. That's exactly where I was heading anyway, so why not go for it?
Do what you have to do to avoid having to face the worse-case scenario. I worked hard, harder than I had ever worked at school. And I was lucky. I was accepted and graduated with my Bachelors and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. And I was thirty-three years old. Sometimes some things are going to happen no matter what you do.
My point is, stop worrying and make the decision. As John F. Kennedy said, "The worse decision is often no decision".
