This is a bigger thing to remember on a daily basis than people give it. When we are young, it looks like there is a lot of stuff around us and everywhere. The more we see, the more we realize there is only so much of anything to share. In some places there are all kinds of resources and others, very little of anything. It causes conflicts and deals. Please remember to use deals to problem solve conflicts. A conflict means something is not solved yet, an agreement has not been made or an insufficient one was made as a temporary gesture. Fighting and damage over a limited resource may not be the best answer. Ideally, humans get together politely and negotiate terms. This happens on the global stage with nations and regions regarding fuel, food crops, manufacturing and more. In your home it may be about the last bar of soap with 10 people living under one roof.
Less than ideal conditions? Sadly, not happily these are usually the normal. I know what tough people are thinking: “I cannot negotiate, sometimes I am just told what to do and I have to get it done.” Yes, some people are ORDERED to do things and they are employees, workers, subordinates, hired, drafted people. Leaderships are the ones typically needed to do the negotiations, or at least lead the negotiations and deal making. What employees and workers need to do such as in a company environment is be open to discovery. Discovery is the ability to learn about current conditions and players involved. Sometimes there are reasons to make adjustments in orders received. For instance if a military operation is set forward and the order is to “shoot them all down”, “take few prisoners” because the town is full of rogue lethal war combatants…and upon arrival the military team finds only women, children and frail old men… they have to STOP and THINK and DISCOVER fully what is going on, contact leadership for more instructions. It does mean adjustments need to take place. What if they landed in the wrong town? What if the information of the combatants is a month old and they already left? The leader of the military team may have to cancel the order and change the operation itself to accommodate the conditions.