5 Questions To Ask Before Pursuing A New Opportunity

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Distractions are all around us. It’s all too easy to follow a career opportunity that sounds good down a rabbit hole, even when it’s not the right fit for us. You want to make the best career decision that is also the most efficient use of your time. It’s important for you to maintain balance by guarding boundaries.?

In order to know your boundaries, you must first understand your priorities in any given season.?

Once you clearly define and embrace your priorities, you can sift through opportunities, obligations, and favors through your 'priority lens.'?

Remember that each time you say no to something you ought not engage in, you get to say yes to your priorities.??

Here is a great evidence-based resource for creating and maintaining healthy boundaries: Before pursuing a new opportunity, I recommend asking these 5 questions:

1. Does it help me achieve my priorities?

2. How much time and effort will this take?

3. Will it help me to gain new skills or improve existing skills?

4. Will this opportunity evolve into something I truly want to do?

5. What is the short-term and long-term payoff?

If your answers to these questions aren’t all positive, it might be best to let that opportunity pass.?

(Content is taken from my second book,?'All In: How Impactful Teams Build Trust From The Inside Out')

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Robb Holman is a Global?Keynote Speaker?and?3x Author?of leadership books,?Lead the Way, All In, and Move the Needle. In 2022 and 2023 Robb was named one of the World’s Top 30 Leadership Speakers & Thought Leaders by Global Gurus. In 2023 he was inducted into the Power List of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership, and his Inside Out Leadership philosophy has been featured in publications like Inc, Forbes, and Fast Company. You can visit Robb by going?here.