Figure Out What You Want
Posted on August 25, 2008 - Filed Under ideaDRUNK's ideas
The worst feeling in the world is not knowing what you want. Being unsure of what course of action to take. You reach a fork in the road and you don’t know whether to go left or right. You weigh your options. You’re not sure what to do. You waste precious time in a decision limbo.
The classic (albeit, scaled down) example is when you’re out to dinner. What do I want to eat? You examine the pages of the menu and an endless stream of questions scroll through your head:
- How hungry am I?
- What do I feel like eating?
- What’s good here?
- Will the person that I’m dining with think I’m fat if it eat ____?
This is what really grinds my gears. So you ponder your options for a bit. You ask for more time as the drinks arrive. You’ve narrowed it down to a couple of choices. Then you’re stuck. You make a last minute split decision that you immediately regret as soon as your server walks away.
I have a solution that I regularly employ to help people out in these situations. I have my friends narrow their choices down to two or three options. Then I make the choice for them. One of two things will happen - (1) my friend will be satisfied with the choice and order it, or (2) it makes them realize that they really wanted the other option, so they chose that one.
Sometimes you have to make a decision to realize that it wasn’t what you wanted. If it wasn’t the right one, you can always go back and change it.
- Christian
“Everyone who has taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference”
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