Because our brains have a way of creating a synthesised happiness when we don’t get what we want, it’s often hard for us to make a “wrong” decision. As a result, you’re better off just deciding and moving forward.
If you’re going to wager a bet on a set of coin tosses (or at least over who drives to get the Chinese takeout) you can stack the odds in your favour with some mathematical magic.
You make decisions every day based on false assumptions about other people, immediate pay-offs, your memory versus imagination, and familiarity versus fondness, just to name a few. Want to learn more about your mind’s crazy decision engine? This illustrated guide can help.
“When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you, but because, in that brief moment with the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for.” [Minimal]
New ideas and ways of thinking—or people who think differently than you do, for that matter—aren’t always easy to embrace. Instead of sticking with your knee-jerk reactions, better understand your reaction with the Five Whys.
