Decision-making can be fraught with overthinking, writes Melody Wilding. She shares five strategies to break the cycle of overthinking and make confident decisions in less time.
Source: The INSIDER, May 27, 2022. Link. Daily strategies that can minimize getting bogged down in making choices:
- Let go of perfectionism
- Put the problem in perspective
- Let your intuition take the lead
- Mitigate decision fatigue
- Master the art of constructing creative constraints
INSIGHTS: Failing to decide is a common outcome of overthinking. It can push an item from not-urgent-but-still-important to urgent-and-immediately-important which puts everything into a reactive mode where mistakes are easily made.