choosing a side only feels good because it allows the mind to re-right itself into certainty while suppressing the fear of not knowing.
shannon-againx.comchoosing a side only feels good because it allows the mind to re-right itself into certainty while suppressing the fear of not knowing.
We make decisions all day long, and many of them are emotionally driven. Rarely do we sift through all the available information to ensure we know every fact. And we don’t need to. It is all about degrees of certainty.
Simon Sinek • Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
The strongest indicators that you're about to make a terrible decision:
1. Endless overthinking of pros and cons
2. Chasing certainty
3. Chasing even more data instead of feeling your emotions
4. Trying to manage outcomes vs being who you are
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when people finally do choose, in a relatively irreversible way, they’re usually much happier as a result.