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Making difficult decisions became so much easier when I realized:

a) that the fact that the decision was difficult meant that either choice had a close likelihood of turning out well. b) that the biggest mistakes I have made tended to lead to my biggest successes.



on a) I came to the same realization years ago. The fact that its a hard decision inherently means that either solution can be the right solution


i usually have analysis paralysis when the consequences of either decision is really dire. In short... i'm stuck between two bad choices.


That's exactly why I included realization b) :-)

I should have also added:

c) Sometimes, you perception has limited you to choosing between two choices. Change your perception enough to see that there are always a multitude of choices. You may not want to pick the 3rd+ choice, but knowing that you made your choices freely allows you to own the choice and the outcome.


Machiavelli said that it is worse to not make any choice at all than to make the wrong choice


The same thing from Joe Simpson in Touching the Void: "You gotta make decisions. You gotta keep making decisions, even if they’re wrong decisions. If you don’t make decisions, you’re stuffed".


Choosing is the same as not knowing.


Not choosing is a choice as well, the truth is that there are so many possible timelines but we will only ever experience one. So I would get comfortable with not knowing :)


A fair philosophical point.




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