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Don’t Overthink
Smart people are way too preoccupied with doing the right things.When you put too much pressure on yourself to make the right decisions, you get analysis paralysis.
The only way you can stop overthinking is by making yourself aware of your thinking process. When I asked my friend about his thinking, he became aware of how irrational his process was.
You can’t control the future. So stop thinking about it.
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Do This Instead: Make Small Decisions. Decide Often
When you make small decisions early, before they become big — it’s easy. When you put off decisions, they become big — and painful.
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Earlier Decisions Lead To Better Decisions
The earlier and more you decide, the more chance that you make better decisions.
But here’s the thing: NOT making a decision is also a decision. If that’s a conscious move, that’s okay. You think about something, and you decide that doing nothing is the best option.
No matter what, yo...
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Want To Make Better Decisions? Do This
Thing happens.But the funny thing is that bad decisions never seem like bad decisions at the moment.
“Smart people do dumb things.”
You can never avoid making a mistake. However, you can do your best to avoid making dumb decisionsPlus, by learning from other people’s mistakes...
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- Impulsivity. Thorough decisions combine all three senses – seeing, hearing and feeling. Impulsive decisions always lack one of these elements.
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