For Every Part of Your Life, Have an Exit Strategy

"Do one thing at a time, and while doing it

put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else."

The above is a famous quote by Swami Vivekananda, an Indian author and philosopher.

Which is an idea a huge number of people believe in, but an idea which I do not believe in.

The belief in this idea makes a lot of people not explore other avenues or paths other than the one they may currently be on. Putting their heart and soul into one thing without having an alternative for if and when things go south.

Every part of our lives requires some form of investment; the investment can be in the form of time, money, effort, etc. That is an ideal way of viewing your life and all the areas surrounding it.

We all know the basic idea of not putting all your eggs in one basket. Whenever you have means of investment, you ought to diversify to protect your investment. This is basic investing 101 knowledge.

However, some do not apply this rule when it comes to other areas of their lives, i.e., investments such as in their careers, business partnerships, friendships, and associations.

If I can diversify my income to protect it, why not diversify my career prospects, business prospects, friendships, and more? Because in so doing, I would then have an exit strategy to every aspect of my life, thus protecting my overall investment, which is myself.

Indeed, for every part of our lives, we need to put all our efforts and be intentional in making whatever we're working with reach its objectives. But we can do that while looking at other avenues, which can be an exit strategy for when things don't go according to plan.

We can plan and have all the dreams and visions of what we aim to achieve, but a plan is not reality. We do not all know the future; we can only plan and hope our plan works. Therefore, it is not a good idea to strictly and solely focus on one thing without an exit strategy.

We've witnessed people who put everything in one basket, and when that basket fell, they fell with it; most do not even bounce back, simply because they never had an exit strategy or an alternative basket at the very least.

Though we ought to genuinely give our all in every aspect of our lives, we also ought to have an exit strategy that runs concurrently with what we're doing now, or have now.

An exit strategy is not something we should only be reading about in business books and articles; it is something we need to implement in all areas of our lives.

It takes one opportunity for a person's life to change for the better, yet it takes one risk for a person's life to completely crash. Therefore, an exit strategy is something everyone aiming to avoid a total downfall or a crash out needs to have.

Do you have an existing exit strategy for all areas of your life? If not, start creating one. You'll thank yourself.