Let circumstances mature before forcing an answer from them.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Pressing for an answer before a situation is ready usually gets you an answer shaped by the pressure rather than the truth. People commit prematurely, options are foreclosed, and you have to live with a resolution that was really about your impatience. Some things resolve properly only in their own time.

When you are pushing for closure, ask what forcing it now would cost in accuracy. Consider naming a time to revisit instead of demanding a decision. The answer you get later is often both better and more durable.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which answer are you demanding from something still unfinished?

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