http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/opportunity-cost en-us 60 <p><em>Opportunity Cost. </em>One of my favorite economic principles. </p><p>Quite simply: There&rsquo;s an &ldquo;opportunity&rdquo; cost to doing everything. When you make a decision to do something, you lost the opportunity to do something else.</p><p>Don&rsquo;t forget that.</p><p>Every time you say &ldquo;Yes&rdquo; to something you have zero desire to do, you lost the opportunity to do something more consistent with your highest self.</p><p>Spend a lifetime doing this and you&rsquo;ve lost quite an opportunity.</p><p>Pay attention. Choose wisely.</p><p>(And don&rsquo;t pretend you don&rsquo;t know what you <em>really </em>want to do in any given situation. You almost always do. :)</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:20 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:424:424 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/424