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rish vee's avatar

There’s so much power in placing yourself behind the actions you take or the decisions you make - it’s an empowering sense of personal progress. Even as someone who optimizes their own actions in the name of efficiency, I understand that my conviction is what will drive me forward - not necessarily the outcome of my decisions.

I’m also glad you mention the power of wrong decision over indecision, because even the wrong step is one in the right direction.

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Jack Purdy's avatar

I think this is so important for anyone with a proclivity towards self-reflection since it can counterproductively impede progress. I try to remind myself of The Centipede's dilemma:

>Ask a centipede which one of its hundred legs moves the fastest and it forgets how to move. Reflecting on what we normally do without thought ironically worsens performance. A culture of endless self-reflection, therapy, and navel-gazing is eroding important life skills.

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