A couple of years back, I spotted an opportunity and went for it. It was 50-50 opportunity – hard to see how it might turn out but felt like a reasonable bet.
It didn’t go my way. I don’t remember feeling very cut up at the time. It was more in the “interesting shot that might be worth taking” category.
Looking at how that opportunity panned out from today’s vantage point, that “miss” might have been one of the better things that happened. A collection of factors led to an outcome that just wouldn’t have worked for me.
3 reflections:
(1) Hindsight is 20:20. It would have been impossible to call. But, every once a while, we get to see a “what could have been” scenario play out. And they’re typically rich in learning.
(2) “Don’t swing at every pitch” is a pertinent message to my younger self. It was a 50-50 pitch that I could have let go. Consequential swings are best done when our conviction is high.
(3) And, finally, a great reminder of an ALearningaDay classic over the years – you never know if a good day is a good day. It is impossible to tell in the moment. Best to take the ups and downs in our stride and keep plugging away.
