4 things to consider before making a decision

Venerable Ru Jun shares Master Ri-Chang’s 4 considerations to making a decision:
(from 10:58 min mark)

眼前好 将来也很好 这个要做
眼前好像不错 将来不好的 那这个不要做
眼前虽然不好 但是将来很好的 那这个要做
眼前又不好 将来又不好 那当然不要做

My understanding:

  1. something good for the present and for the future, we should do
  2. something that seems good for the present but not good for the future, we should not do
  3. something that doesn’t seem good for the present but is very good for the future, we should do
  4. something that doesn’t seem good for the present and is also not good for the future, we definitely should not do

such simple and elegant logic!