Early Decisions

September 30, 2025

It's good to decide things quickly.

A decision made earlier is better than the same decision, made later.

Even when it's a wrong decision, you benefit from making it earlier.

You save time weighing your options, and you can use that time to make other decisions. If those other decisions are bad ones, you might think that maybe it isn't a good thing to make so many bad decisions. But with each bad decision, you get information back, which you can use to make better future decisions.

Many decisions are reversible, or don't have very negative consequences, if wrong. These are the decisions you should make the fastest.

If you make a good decision sooner, you reap the benefits sooner. Since good things compound over time, a little extra time at the beginning can make a big difference later on.

Deciding not to do something is a decision, and often a good one. Deciding not to do something makes a lot of decisions, all at once.

When you make a decision, you get the benefit of a stake in the ground. You draw a line in the sand, and then your brain shifts to thinking about if you're happy that you're on this side of the line.

Making the decision might reveal that you wish you made the opposite choice.

You figure out what you really want when you use the time you spend waffling, making decisions instead.