In the midst of making a decision, prudence is a gift that can prevent some horrible paths from opening up.
We never want to feel pressured into making big decisions, but we don’t want to take forever either.
Salespeople know this intrinsically and will used forced timers on a person to pull a decision in haste. How many times has a person heard, “You don’t want to wait too long – this is a hot item right now.” (I heard it three times in the same year — two of which were for a vehicle).
Life decisions are another conundrum where we want to be making the best decision for ourselves and possibly those around us. We carefully weigh the options until we can see nothing but advantages (or a large stack of them against the disadvantages) and then proceed forward. Prudence pays off.
However, if we wait too long, one of two things may happen:
- We will never make a decision because a seemingly better one will always come up
- The opportunity for what we wanted is gone
How do we make a decision knowing this may happen?
Understand there will never be a perfect decision and as much as we want to control a situation, the universe is chaotic and doesn’t want to be controlled. The perfect choice and the perfect time will never come.
If there are no bad consequences, just commit and see what option presents itself next.
You’ll be surprised how much further along you’ll be.