There is many a time at work when I get faced with a super difficult decision and waste minute after minute jumping back and forth between the possible solutions, making no distinct conclusions and letting my logic run aimlessly in circles. I hate upsetting people so much that I get bothered whenever there isn't a perfect solution to a problem. However, in the last few weeks, I've settled on a startling simple question set whenever I start dancing around too many possible outcomes to an issue for too long. The process is this:
I ask myself, "At the end of the day, what is the correct decision to make?" Usually my gut knows what the correct decision is and is just too scared to make it in fear of the corollary effects.
Once I know what that correct decision is, I ask myself, "How do I execute this decision?" and, "How can I soften the blow for those I'm screwing over?"
None of this is revolutionary whatsoever, and none of it requires a greater than third-grade vocabulary. But asking these questions in this order always re-grounds my thinking. In other words, it's my brain's way of saying, "Stop biting your imaginary finger nails and just make a decision."
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