“I knew I should have done that!”
You’ve said it. I’ve said it. We’ve all said it.
Not trusting your gut decision, in most instances, is a bad idea.
I’ve recently been pricing out some vendors for a new project and narrowed my prospects down to two.
Vendor A was more expensive than Vendor B, but my gut said to go with Vendor A for a number of reasons. I’m a frugal guy and the margin is pretty thin on this particular project so I ignored my gut and continued to vet Vendor B.
Just before the work was to officially begin and, more importantly, I was to hand over money… something happened. The smoke cleared and it was easy to see that they, as a vendor, stunk. As in, a fresh skunk spray kind of stunk. Had I used them my end product would have suffered and even worse, they likely would have slowed down an ongoing series of events that would have negatively impacted potential customers.
I’m now happily working with Vendor A, and while they are costing me a bit more money, they are professional and trustworthy and as you know, that goes a very long way.
Trust your gut decision. It tends to point you in the right direction, even if you aren’t happy with the direction it’s taking you.
