I sometimes find myself postponing a decision because I don’t want to make a mistake. It seems as if the choices are:

The wrong decision = a mistake

The right decision = not a mistake

No decision = not a mistake

If the decision isn’t very obvious, the safest option seems to be to just not make any decision. We don’t really like making mistakes. It makes us look dumb and it can be embarassing.

Instead of viewing mistakes as a time we messed up we should look at them as learning oportunities. This way we either get it right or we learn. We’ll never lose because we messed up. Many things can change drastically if we change our perspective on them. If we start to see ‘mistakes’ as learning oportunities (and we take a look at the 3 bullet points above) then the best decision would be the right one, the second best would be a wrong one, and the worst we could do would be to not make any decision. By not making any decision we neither learn nor we move forward.

Anyway, those were some of my thoughts on decision making and mistakes. I find it saves me from a lot of potential stress at times. What about you?

The comic for this thought is here.

-Marcos

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