Friday, May 02, 2008

important stuff

The important decisions in your life all seem to have some common characteristics:

  • Your situation is unique (at least, different from all the people you know)
  • You have most probably never dealt with something like that before
  • There is no single right answer
  • Circumstances are never perfect (you'll most probably have to compromise on something)
  • There is no deadline
  • It's extremely difficult or impossible to predict the outcome
  • You can never reduce the data to any formula or spreadsheet or anything simplistic like that (i.e. there are always unknowns and unquantifiables)
  • No matter how much you analyze, research, meditate, pray, in the end it will still feel like a gamble

But, you'll do well not to succumb to buyer-remorse, no matter what you decide!

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