I’m a debater, internally. I constantly ponder decisions. What are the pros? What are the cons?
History, of other people and of myself, shows that it’s better to make decisions quickly. Deciding and then acting quicker means more active decisions instead of more passive decisions. If I don’t choose quickly, I’m passively choosing to do nothing in the meantime, which is almost always the worst decision on the table.
Now, that might not be an absolute, universal statement, but it’s true for me. For someone who always acts impulsively, they might need more of what I have: that critical mentality to weigh the consequences of each decision. For me, though, I error too much on the other side, the side of waiting too long.
I probably do this for a couple reasons:
- The people around me typically make thoughtful decisions.
- I’ve often been rewarded for making thoughtful decisions.
- It’s more comfortable to me to wait to decide.
As a quick extension of that, it looks like I need to change a couple things:
- I need to surround myself with more people who act quickly.
- I need to create a feedback loop that will reward me for quick decisions, even if the results don’t turn out better at first.
- I need a way to feel more comfortable deciding, which probably goes back to these first two above, repeating them until it’s more comfortable.
