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Today you’ll learn:

• Why indecision is a slow death.

• Navigating high-level decision making.

• When is the right time to make decisions?

The Paralysis of Overthinking

I suck at decision making.

Even worse…

Indecision is a slow death.

A silent saboteur in life and business.

It’s a feeling many of us know all too well: the constant back-and-forth, the fear of making the wrong move, or suppressing it altogether for your “Future Self” to handle.

Here’s where I get it wrong:

In trying to avoid mistakes, we often miss out on valuable lessons and experiences that come from simply moving forward.

The real enemy isn’t the wrong decision, but the inability to decide at all.

When we stall, ponder, and stand still - opportunities pass us by.

The result: lost time we’ll never get back.

The Heavy Burden of Unmade Decisions:

“You can move through life at seven times (7x) the rate of other people by simply changing when you say you’re going to make a decision from END OF WEEK to END OF DAY.” - Alex Hormozi.

Alex gives an example (I paraphrased a bit):

Normal Person with four (4) decisions: 

• WEEK 1: One decision

• Week 2: One decision

• Week 3: One decision

• Week 4: One decision

Superhuman with four (4) decisions:

• DAY 1: One decision

• Day 2: One decision

• Day 3: One decision

• Day 4: One decision

“How is that guy so young and he’s achieved X, Y, and Z?? … Well, what takes you a month to make a decision, we make in an hour. And then the next hour I make another decision that will take your next month.” - Alex

“That speed of decision making … not paying the attention cost … the opportunity cost of your time … it’s really profound how quickly people move through life achieving the goals that they set out.” - Alex

Watch the section here: 23 Controversial Truths About Life - Alex Hormozi (4K) | Modern Wisdom 670

The 2 Types of Decisions: Irreversible and Reversible

Type 1: Irreversible.

These decisions are like burning bridges. Once done, there’s no going back.

They require careful thought and deliberation.

Examples of Type 1 (to an extent):

• Relocating to a new location

• Big Life Decisions: Career, Marriage, House, Children, etc.

• Entering or Breaking a Business Partnership

Once committed, these are the one-time efforts that essentially produce results going forward (in your mind, or in your reality).

However not every decision is like this.

In my opinion, here’s how we should be making 80-95% of our decisions:

Embracing Imperfect Action

Type II: Reversible. (Low Risk, High Rewards)

This doesn’t mean making decisions without putting thought into them. It means, do enough deliberation and take action. Don’t stall.

Examples of Type 2:

• Experimenting with a new app for productivity

• Enrolling in short-term courses/workshops

• Events: Attending a networking event

• Experiment with novel marketing strategies

A bias towards action, even if it’s imperfect, is crucial.

Inaction teaches nothing; failure is a rich source of learning.

The costliest things in life is the accumulation of unmade decisions (regrets).

• “I should’ve…”

• “I wished I had…”

It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

The best time to act was yesterday; the next best is today.

Decisive mornings can lead to productive evenings

Decision Fatigue: The quality of our decisions tends to decrease the longer we take to make them. 

This goes for each day, or over a long-time horizon.

And I think we intuitively know that our best choices are often made when we trust our gut and act swiftly. 

If you watched my recent video, you’ll see that working in alignment with our biological clock can produce outsized results (the 2nd law in the video): 

Delay leads to decision fatigue, clouding our judgment and reducing our decision quality.

And ultimately, an opportunity that escapes our orbit and is lost into the void. 

…You could’ve …but you didn’t.

Myth of perfect decisions

The quest for the perfect decision is a mirage.

There is no such thing as a perfect decision.

Only in hindsight, are they 100%.

Overthinking and perfectionism are the bane of my existence. 

They stall and halt progress.

Honestly, writing this newsletter has made me think “man, I can make this better”, on the other hand… “I should really stop delaying and just hit publish…”

The truth is, there will never be a time that’s perfect. Get to 51% certainty and just go for it.

It’s time in the game, rather than sitting on the sidelines watching.

I’ve learned more from failure than success.

Let’s reclaim our time and accelerate productivity, not by making perfect decisions, but by making timely decisions and learning from them.

John :) 

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