Every decision I make includes all past choices.

I relish in the fact that I can make new choices daily.

Today, can be the exact opposite of yesterday and tomorrow, if I want.

So, when people are paralyzed by decisions I take the Aristotle approach with a twist of coaching.

What’s on Your Mind? And, What Else? What Do You Want? What’s it going to take to get there? What’s the Hard Part?

Going through this exercise may bring you closer to an answer.

The framework clears my thinking. It allows me to see all options. And then, I choose.
Either way, it’s going to be hard.

So, the cost of failure is small.

Why do I say that?

Think of it like this. I’m 31 years old. So I’ve lived 11,315 days give or take a few. In all that time I’ve made countless decisions that I don’t even remember now.

And say, conservatively I live another 40 years. That’s 14,600 more days. What happens over the next year or two will teach me a lot but it’s not the end.

My decisions in the short term determine the outcome over the long term. The point though is that each decision can either be reinforced by the next one or completely overridden. 

The cost of action therefore is small. The cost of inaction though is high. Each moment wasted cannot be retrieved. 

Don’t waste time. Make a decision. Live with it or change it. End of story.