Monday, August 23, 2010

the too late factor

All I am trying to say is, make a decision before its too late!

What could have been, 20 years ago, is actually very different when revisited and reviewed after 20 years. What you thought 20 years ago maybe very different from the way you think about 20 years ago, now.See the difference- you thought- you think- separated by 20 years of experience!

Along the way for those 20 years, there have been a number of impacts and influences that may have changed the way you think now - gestalt i think we call it in psychology, when an analysis or decision or impression is influenced by things which have happened around the decision maker or in the immediate environs....

So think forward more often than backward and do what you think is right at the moment with, at best a medium term view or bias- don't think too long term.... unless there is a mathematical exponent to the exercise.

Too much deliberation often leads to stagnation.You get pulled back by the past, and weighed down by the uncertainties of the future.And at times, it maybe too late!

Of course, you must learn to differentiate between the imperative and the non imperative and accordingly procrastinate a decision or review the past. For me, a career decision is imperative while buying clothes is often non imperative. It can be too late to decide on a career move, though it may never be too late to buy clothes....NO, this sounds flippant. I have different rules for the imperative and the non imperative, actually.

I think what I am trying to put forward here is that priortising the action is often the key to optimal action planning. Your career decision comes first, and buying clothes comes way below- they are two ends of the scale, I think. So do not be too late to make a decision about your career; clothes can wait!

Coming back to 'the too late factor', to sum it in one line, do not let any past experiences or future influences impact your decision in such a way and for so long that it becomes too late for the decision to be meaningful.

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