Comments on: Opportunity Cost http://www.adub.net/blog/2007/02/10/opportunity-cost/ tracking the convergence of design, technology and sustainability Mon, 11 May 2009 10:36:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bonnie http://www.adub.net/blog/2007/02/10/opportunity-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Bonnie Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:04:10 +0000 http://www.adub.net/blog/?p=21#comment-13 "So I pose this question to anyone that might be reading: Does everything in your life feel like it has an opportunity cost? How do you choose which doors to open - and, equally important - which doors to close?" Alan, It seems to me a great deal depends on what doors I am aware of at any given moment. Theoretically, there are hundreds of doors opening and closing in front of me all the time. But perception has a great deal to do with focus. Studies in the field of perception have shown we see what we are looking for, and we miss a great deal of the rest. This is a round about way of saying, cultivating the ability stay with the unknown, might be just what I need to see clearly where I am, what opportunities lay before me, and in which direction I am most drawn. There's another aspect I'd like to throw into the mix. Some doors will never open, no matter how hard I push. Some doors open with a single breath. The ease with which I move through life, and the concomitant sustainability of my own energies, will depend in large part on my ability to discern the difference. I think the single most important factor to be aware of, no matter what the opportunity cost is this; what do I want? “So I pose this question to anyone that might be reading: Does everything in your life feel like it has an opportunity cost? How do you choose which doors to open – and, equally important – which doors to close?”

Alan,

It seems to me a great deal depends on what doors I am aware of at any given moment. Theoretically, there are hundreds of doors opening and closing in front of me all the time. But perception has a great deal to do with focus. Studies in the field of perception have shown we see what we are looking for, and we miss a great deal of the rest. This is a round about way of saying, cultivating the ability stay with the unknown, might be just what I need to see clearly where I am, what opportunities lay before me, and in which direction I am most drawn.

There’s another aspect I’d like to throw into the mix. Some doors will never open, no matter how hard I push. Some doors open with a single breath. The ease with which I move through life, and the concomitant sustainability of my own energies, will depend in large part on my ability to discern the difference.

I think the single most important factor to be aware of, no matter what the opportunity cost is this; what do I want?

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