Don’t Panic

It’s an old, often quoted and universal advice.

It’s a natural reaction, which kicks you to action. Too bad that action is not usually thought trough. Much better option is to accept the situation and act calmly.

Today I called in to a teleconference meeting, only to find out that I was supposed to be at the meeting venue in person. Seems like I had missed some detail in the invitation (like the city it was held in). We quickly decided that I will arrive at the venue as soon as I can. In the tiny amount of panic (a.k.a. hurry) created by this unexpected situation, I did act too quickly. Only after I had jumped into the tram I realized that I could have actually listened on the meeting while traveling. Just didn’t think of taking the telco codes with me when running out of the office.