Outside alternative

Ask for an option that sits nowhere on the line between the two originals, not a blend of them and not a slower version of either. Usually you get there by changing who acts, what vehicle carries the work, or which resource you use.

Ask for an option that sits nowhere on the line between the two originals, not a blend of them and not a slower version of either. Usually you get there by changing who acts, what vehicle carries the work, or which resource you use.

Example

In the dinner-story case, instead of quitting or staying, you take a paid director job at an existing conservation group with 40 staff. You do the work you actually care about, keep an income, and never found anything. Neither original door was on that street.