“To not decide is a decision”
– a surprise to many
Recently
during an internal interview for an operations role I was asked how I know when
I know enough to make a decision. I
quickly jumped on the 80/20 rule.
In my
world you never know enough. You have to
trust yourself and those around you to be able to respond to this fuzzy world
quickly. So if I feel that I know 80% of
the facts then I should be willing to pull the trigger.
By
waiting to get 100% of the facts you delay your response time. You will cause paralysis by analysis by
giving yourself the time to think and think and think and think.
It is
better to mobilize and move towards a target than to be “immobilized by
indecisiveness” (Doug Bend’s phrase). Expect to learn from your mistakes but
keep moving. Decisiveness is critical.
Today’s
question is:
“How do you stop paralysis by
analysis?”
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