What's Your 'LONG GAME'

What's Your 'LONG GAME'

Ever since I can remember, zillion times I've been asked LONG-GAME questions without realizing it.  I thought they were just expressions, colloqials or just no brainers.  Mea culpa, I missed that out, to appreciate the value of those questions.  BUT besides blaming myself, I asked myself, should I be SOLELY culpable for this miss?   BUT I came up with realizations, albeit late and overdue.  So, let's ask ourselves, What's Your 'LONG GAME'📗📙📘

I realized THAT no one in our past schools were we taught to develop that LONG-GAME mindset.  And THAT was never even discussed in dinner tables.  And THAT was neither discussed during those times you socialized with your associates OR even your own coterie of friends.  Unfortunately, late as it may be now, that LONG-GAME mindset is a decision-making approach that focuses on the long-term outcomes and impact of your decisions💧💧💧

True, in many points in our life, we're faced with decisions that go beyond short-term impact.  In those situations, we can choose to cut some corners and make a quick decision without thinking much about HOW it will play out later on.  OR we can take a more structured approach and project HOW it will look like in the long-term.  True, most of the times, we're dealing with trivial decisions that have short-term consequences.  Do I have lunch right now OR in an hour?  Do a quick stop at my parents on the way home OR spend more time with them this weekend???

BUT when we're faced with decisions that challenge our status quo, we're forced to project WHERE we want to be in the future.  And all of a sudden, our core values would then be tested and even our profound beliefs are there on the deck.  WHAT's next?  We then need to switch gears to a LONG-GAME mindset.  YES, to borrow the jargon of psychologists, the LONG-GAME is a decision-making approach that focuses on the long-term outcomes and impact of our decisions💥💥💥

Our takeaway:  LONG-GAME decisions start a chain reaction of events.  If you're still in school and you DON'T study enough, barely getting passing grades, then getting a higher degree becomes more difficult.  Then a giant chicken and egg problem begins.  True, better job opportunities require either experience OR strong credentials BUT without good credentials, it becomes harder to get good experience, it goes on and on.  Dude, let us brace for the LONG-GAME in life, there's just NO other way😗😗😗