Do you ever watch Deal or No Deal? As the competitors decide whether to accept the offer that the bank makes for their suitcase, or to keep raising (or lowering) the stakes by choosing other cases to open, the tension in the studio rises.
Today I ignored the bird in my hand, and I have chosen to wait in a bush for the bird hiding there. There is no guarantee that the bird will wait around in the bush for me, or that someone else won’t come along and snatch it away from me. It’s a very nice bird though, and so I’m gambling a bit. In the last few years most of my gambles have worked out.
So, No Deal! I’ll ramp up the tension just a little more.
How about you? Do you like to stick with the bird in your hand, or do you risk waiting for a bird fluttering out of reach in a bush?
Shawn L. Bird 