Describe an important decision that you made with the help of others

Courtney Miller,

Updated On Jul 30, 2021

Describe an important decision that you made with the help of others

Contents

- 0.0.1 Describe an important decision you made with help of someone

1 Sample Answer
- 1.1 Vocabulary

Describe an important decision you made with help of someone

You should say:

what it was about;
who helped you make this decision;
what happened after the decision was made;
and explain how you felt about the decision.

Sample Answer

Last year I was working in an international company and doing quite well, so I was offered a big promotion to become a manager. But I had also been looking for opportunities to study abroad, and received an offer from a prestigious university around the same time I got the job offer. It was a scholarship that would cover all expenses, including tuition and accommodation, an enviable package.
I was in a dilemma, not knowing whether to stay and further my career or to go and further my education. So I decided to ask my friend, Hugo, for his advice, because he once faced a very similar choice. He was like, If you want to go far in this field, you have to possess excellent qualifications, because if you don’t there’s a limit to how far up you can reach, this promotion may look good now, but as far as I see there’s little room left for development.

I took his advice and am now studying in America.

Vocabulary

Opportunity: a time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something
Eg: An excellent opportunity was offered to Rose.
Prestigious: inspiring respect and admiration; having high status.
Eg: She got admission in the prestigious IIM Ahmedabad.
Enviable: arousing or likely to arouse envy.
Eg: Rose has built up an enviable reputation as a therapist.
Dilemma: a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do
Eg: The judges were in a dilemma to decide the winner of the competition.

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