Decision-making

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Decision-making represents one of the most complicated and seemingly contradictory processes in the brain. 
It is a process at which you can simultaneously improve and regress in your capacity to execute. 
The fundamentals of decision-making, when phrased in simple terms, sounds like a riddle. 


Your relationship with having the ability to make a decision is a paradox. 
When you do not have control over it, you desire it immensely. 
When you have control of it, you quickly become exhausted by it. 


Your internal and external mechanisms of evaluation are equally inaccurate. 
Your self assessment of your ability to do it is highly overrated. 
Your assessment of others’ ability to do it is overly critical. 


Unlike many skills, neither greater repetition or controlled focus necessarily improve performance. 
With greater quantities of it you become less effective and overwhelmed. 
With lower quantities of it you become complacent and prone to bias. 


Decision-making is a skill that can be improved. 
Similar to learning to play a sport in a new climate, much of improving your skill of decision-making is connected to understanding the parameters permitted by the current conditions. 
Making decisions with inadequate mental resources is akin to trying to run on ice.

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