decision-making
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Smacked of indecision fatigue
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1 min read
Eventually, we all succumb to indecision fatigue. The inability to make a decision exhausts one to the point of regret. Once the dam breaks, and we say “yes,” we accept the risk and burden of figuring it all out later. There’s an incongruity between what we want and the fulfillment we expect it to bring.…
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On making life’s biggest decisions
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2 min read
When it comes to decision-making, first you decide, then you deduce. Of course, life’s biggest decisions such as marriage or a career change are some of the hardest decisions to make because the fear is that they won’t work out. The bigger the risk, the greater the hesitation. ‘This might not work.’ People like to play…
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Decisions are either ‘irreversible or reversible’
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2 min read
Sometimes your work is just going to be a 5 out of 10. It’s not worth scrutinizing every performance. The only ill is hesitating, not starting what you think you should do. Jeff Bezos has an interesting system for making decisions. He sees them as either irreversible or reversible. The simple heuristic pushed him to…