Not even big decisions. Just small stuff.
Should I change this? Try something else? Wait a bit? Look into it more?
You tell yourself you’re being careful, but really you’re just stalling. Then you finally do the thing and realise it wasn’t that deep. Bit annoying, isnt it, how much time gets burned like that.
Anyone else do this or just me?
I’ve spent more time overthinking things than actually doing them!
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The ‘2 minute rule’ changed this for me, if a decision takes less than 2 minutes to act on, do it immediately, no thinking allowed. Most small stuff falls in that category and your brain just manufactures fake urgency around it.
One thing that helps me is having 2 categories:
– things that need to be done now (today’s problem)
– everything else (tomorrow’s problem)
Setting a timeline and a pathway for your goals can help you identify which is which.
Same strategy can be applied on the importance of things you have to do today. Is it important or not?
Answering that question will help you prioritize. Important stuff first then the not important stuff if you have some time left.
Entrepreneurship is all about doing stuff even if you are 40% sure. You will never be 100% sure. But at least every failure is useful, you learn. Nothing original but it’s 100% true. You have to do more, meet more people, less overthinking because it protects yourself from going outside of your comfort zone. At the end of the day, that is how the game works. Good luck !