When It’s Time To Slaughter The Sacred Cow
Feb 15th, 2010 by David Svet
“If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
~ Yogi Berra
Have you ever asked for advice from someone you trust only to ignore the advice and continue down the road you were on? When you heard the advice you knew it was the right thing to do. But you chose to ignore it and suffered the consequences. You hoped everything would work out. But it didn’t. Deep down you knew it wouldn’t. But you hunkered down and hoped it would all go away.
Change is hard. Accepting that you are on the wrong path is hard (thank you Garmin). When we find the path is really wrong our senses kick in — fight or flight. But some of us will duck and cover.
If you seek professional advice from a qualified, objective, third party and have the advice corroborated by a second opinion, you have what you need to make a decision. Now it’s up to you — fight, flight, or duck and cover? Doing nothing is a valid choice. Just make sure that you’re willing to accept the consequences.
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Totally agree. Sometimes it is hard to find a really good mentor and when you find one… You should really take their advice to heart.