"If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time."— Chinese Proverb
A bet is a risk, either it"s a safe one or the best one or a silly one. As a risk taker you have to know clearly the difference between a wild risk and a calculated risk. People a.s.sume that since the common saying that "everything about life is a risk" is popular, then they are at liberty to take all sorts of risks with their lives, marriages, health, finances, emotions, spirituality, and well-being and so on and so forth. No it doesn"t have to be so, you must always take risks from an informed
position, so you don"t make a circus of your life.
To put this in a brighter perspective we need to examine the difference between a safe bet and a best bet.
According to thesaraus.com, a SAFE bet is a thing in which confidence can be placed regarding a future outcome, it"s also defined as a bet that is "certain" to succeed, while a BEST bet as defined by the same online dictionary is as the most satisfactory option under the circ.u.mstances, it"s also defined as the choice "most likely" to bring success.
A safe bet is reliable and sure because of the certain outcomes, but it doesn"t come with much excitement or profit because of the certainty it offers, while a best bet appears trickier in nature but it offers more excitement and likely profits.
A good example of my a.n.a.logy is a job offer in hand is a safer bet than a better job offer that you are just about to be interviewed for --that appears like the best bet. The ability to constantly differentiate between your safe bet and your best bet will determine how many disappointments you will experience or not in life.
Many achievers know this secret and for that reason they make quick decisions. Making quick decisions is a skill you learn over time as a would be leader, anyone who dithers in the area of decision making isn"t fit for leadership, and to decide quickly and faster is dependent on what you know about a safe bet and a best bet.
At most times in life you will be faced with two choices in every step you wish to take. These choices will always have a good and a bad streak to them, they won"t present themselves as a whole package, they come with advantages and disadvantages, if not we all won"t have issues with choices if they come without disadvantages.
Another example is the choice of a life partner, I have never heard of anyone who claims to have chosen a saint as a life partner. You choose, having factored all things into consideration and eventually decide to go for your best option despite the shortcomings. This is because he or she appears to be your safest best not your best bet at the time.
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The ability to know what your safe bet is instead of your best bet will quicken your steps to the top. At a time in life I was faced with two options, either to go for further studies abroad or to pursue my business interests. I was in a bit of a dilemma because a better educational profile appeared at the time as a guarantee for a more secure future (best bet), but common sense also was telling me that making my business work would be a better option (safe bet), thank G.o.d I chose my safest bet. I have since enrolled for and completed successfully many educational programs. Don"t get me wrong, maybe going for further studies ahead of concentrating on your business might be your safe bet at the time, it all depends on your present circ.u.mstances, and the onus is on you to determine that.
What is that safe bet you should take on your career, marriage, health, finances, education, location, nationality at this point in time that has kept you in a confused state so to say right about now? Whatever it may be, remember to look at these words again and a.n.a.lyse deeply within you what it should be.
A safe bet shields you from errors, while a best bet exposes you to series of errors, it takes an experienced mind to know this. Most of the mistakes people have made in their marriages, finances, careers, etc. came about because of best bets. There is a measure of contentment in even arriving at a decision like this, contentment helps to make you go for the safe bets in life, you should strive after contentment more to have a full grasp of what I offer on this topic.
Life isn"t a game of Russian roulette where you have a 1/6th chance of staying alive, you have to constantly make the right choices to remain in charge. A safe bet guarantees you the necessary control to achieve this.
Finally, I wish to leave you with this piece when you are at cross roads as regards the way forward on any burning issue, always remember your safe bet is the bird at hand while your best bet is the plenty birds in the bush, and as often said than not a bird in hand is better than thousands in the bush.
Keep shining, keep giving. The world is yours to conquer.