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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

This doesn't really belong in this community. There's nothing lunatic about it.

I worked in mid-level management for some time, and among the most important skills was the ability to recognize what is good enough.

If you have seven courses of action available, of which 3 are good, don't spend time choosing the optimal one. If it is obvious right away, then good, go for that. But otherwise just make a decision. I often literally tossed a coin. I've got thousand things going on in my thoughts at once, and it makes no sense to disrupt them by trying to make something maybe 2% more optimal.

Just make a random pick and then deal with what comes. It's really a good way to do stuff, regardless of whether you're "successful" or not.

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  • Yeah, a working something is better than a perfect nothing. It was a very hard lesson I had to learn. Even harder to internalise so that it comes natural in my decision making instead of having to fight all my instincts to find the perfect solution.

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