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The Paradox of Choice

Apr 01, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Conversational Circles

Most(Czech for ‘The Bridge’) is one of the most powerful film I have watched in recent time.

I was thinking about the paradox of Choice, and almost immediately I recalled this movie I watched some years ago…

This movie is a beautiful Oscar-nominated movie and winner of many prestigious film festivals. It tells the story of the close relationship between a bridge operator and his young son and the fateful day when both try to off an impending rail disaster. A steam train full of hundreds of passengers are unaware of the danger as they head towards an open drawbridge. Most is both a heart-wrenching and glorious story that portrays the greatest measure of love, sacrifice, hope and forgiveness known to man.

In my programs, and in conversational circles we shared many times the notion of choice. Having “NO CHOICE” is one that often being discussed. In my previous blog-post titled: ” Empower your people…Challenge by Choice“, I argued that by saying ‘no choice’ we are merely taking a ‘victim’s posture’ which may have the by-product of blame and haplessness.

Remember, ‘No Choice’ in itself is a choice.

Watch the movie, you have a CHOICE!