February 2, 2026
You have to make mostly imperfect decisions
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how bad the habit of making perfect decisions can be. Yes, it’s trite, and we’ve heard it many times before. But personally, I still suffer from this thing. Something inside me constantly slows down my decision-making, saying, “We need more information, we should think it over, etc.”
I don’t know if this will help, but it seems that the reason for such a destructive attitude is that there is a rational (internal) justification for it.
“Indeed, why make a decision right now, when a small improvement at the planning stage can have a huge potential impact?”
I think the next time this thought pops into someone’s head, they should imagine a graph for this “formula for efficiency” where they can see a scale showing how their chances of making a decision decrease as the time for deliberation increases.
This is just one small piece of advice, and it may not be perfect.
You’ve probably already noticed that this post is far from perfect too. But in any case, it’s here, it exists.
I don’t know if it would have been better if I hadn’t posted anything at all, instead of posting such an ill-conceived post. But still, even though it’s not perfect, it’s something real.