In the Hands of Fate: How Some Clients Cope With Difficult Decisions
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In order for a case to reach the point where a resolution is being negotiated or mediated, it must’ve involved some serious, seemingly intractable issues that split the parties apart. Your client may feel helpless about the situation, feeling that fate’s responsible for the resolution, not the parties involved.
When and how to settle a case can be difficult decisions. Clients probably feel stressed and uncomfortable at a negotiation or mediation session. One reason is that they don’t want to feel responsible if the outcome, settlement or not, ends up not being a good one. Research suggests that some people cope with difficult decisions by shifting responsibility for them to fate, according to a Science Daily article.
How To Cope With Difficult Decisions
“Fate is a ubiquitous supernatural belief, spanning time and place,” researchers Aaron Kay, Simone Tang, and Steven Shepherd of Duke University write. “It exerts a range of positive and negative effects on health, coping, and both action and inaction.” Shepherd believed we could use a belief in fate to limit stress and fear, because if we’re not responsible for the final outcome, it’s simply playing out a certain way because of fate, we’re not responsible for the outcome so there’s no need to be concerned about it.
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