owl_herd to 196English · 13 days agoplausibly stupid ruleimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1119file-text
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minus-squareTotallynotJessicaMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days agothe actual reason you shouldn’t think things through is that it makes you less confident which makes success less likely
minus-squareowl_herdOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agothat’s kinda been 50/50 with me, sometimes when i think it through i feel extra confident. sometimes less confident
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoWhen I think things through, I come to the conclusion, “Nah, it’s too much trouble.”
minus-squareTotallynotJessicaMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agobut if you’re past the point of no return before you get to that conclusion, it’s a problem. once you commit, second guessing is dangerous
the actual reason you shouldn’t think things through is that it makes you less confident which makes success less likely
that’s kinda been 50/50 with me, sometimes when i think it through i feel extra confident. sometimes less confident
When I think things through, I come to the conclusion, “Nah, it’s too much trouble.”
but if you’re past the point of no return before you get to that conclusion, it’s a problem. once you commit, second guessing is dangerous
That’s fair.