Double Down,
Split, or Fold?
#betting #bettingonyourself #investinginyourdreams #Blackjack
#betting #bettingonyourself #investinginyourdreams #Blackjack
In many ways our
lives can be a game of high stakes Blackjack, betting on the odds of winning or
losing in some cases. When you play Blackjack, you have an option when you get
your first two cards. If you have two of the same cards—a split—and those are
aces or face cards and the dealer gets a five or below, the dealer is bound to
bust (go over twenty-one and lose the game), and you have a great chance at
doubling your bet and winning with two hands. Also, if you have two high cards
that are not the same, and the dealer places his/her first card up and it’s
below a six, you can “double down” and get one more card on each of your high
cards, hoping you will get another high card and the dealer will bust, because
of the likelihood of having to hit on a sixteen, usually will take the dealer
over the maximum, twenty one. Again, this is how you monopolize and get more
winnings in a game of luck called Blackjack,
usually played at Casinos.
Every day, we
either take chances on life or we “hold,” as in the game when you decide that
you want no more cards. If you have a 12 on the first deal, you have a great
chance at busting if your next card is a 10 or above. If the dealer has a high
card, he or she has a great chance of winning, especially if the dealer’s other
card is high. But you can’t see that other card. It’s facing down. You only see
your cards and the one showing in the dealer’s hand. So, you must make a
calculated bet. Do I hold and see if he wins, or do I take a chance at the deck
dealing me something less than a 10? In most game of odds, if you are holding
12 or 13 and the dealer is showing a ten, then you are told the odds are better
to take a hit. Even if you lose, the odds are still on your side to lose, so
you might as well take the hit.
As our metaphor
stands, in life we can get dealt bad cards sometimes, maybe most of the time.
In the same instance, someone around us can get dealt great cards. Are we to
take a chance and bet against the odds, or do we HOLD with our lives?
This is a great
question in the high-stakes game of life. Today, I sit at my computer wondering
what my next card will be. I have no idea. None of us do. You may be the Senior
VP of a company and have a million dollar home. The next day, you may go into
work and find that you have been fired in a company take-over. Your child can
go out on to the street and get hit by a car. A hurricane or tornado can
devastate a town in seconds. Last year, as I was watching television, the roof
of my carport got swept up and off in the wind and got torn from the house.
$9000 later, everything was okay with the roof. But at the same time, my BMW
needed new tires, and had an oil and a transmission leak, another $5500. My home
needed new plumbing, another 2000. My built in microwave broke—850. And my
front tooth broke eating cereal—1700. All of this happened in two weeks.
Suddenly, I was facing 19K of bills, when the week before I was completely financially
solvent. I spent one year getting back to normal. No one expects devastation,
but it happens. Did I try harder to make money? Indeed. Did I make more money,
not last year. But the past few years I have made 20-30% more a year. Go
figure!
My thought here
is that no one knows what tomorrow will bring. No one knows the value of the
card facing down in front of the dealer. Sometimes, we just live our lives
fully, using our odds of being okay as a standard. You can’t hunker behind
every test, assuming the odds will be against you, even when sometimes they
are. You must be optimistic, or you will simply fold away your entire life and
live in a safety zone. I see this time and time again in my clients. Some
people have certainly had a bad time of it. But, most of them now take no chances
with their hearts or finances. They choose to live in limbo—that Catholic
spiritual state between heaven and hell.
After a terrible
break-up or a sad situation like a friend’s death, you may sit on the couch for
a month and sulk. But, eventually, a healthy person will find the strength to
get back in the game of life, resisting the urge for homeostasis. If you suffer
from this numb state of “do nothing, sacrifice nothing,” for too long, then you
may want to seek counseling or get on an antidepressant for awhile. Unless we
are willing to face life head on and flow with the change—bad or good—we end up
dying spiritually.
Life is about
living. Take a chance once in awhile. You’ll be glad you did.
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