If every option scares you, pick the one that’s easiest to undo.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

When fear is spread evenly across every option, it has stopped telling you which one is wrong. At that point reversibility becomes the most useful thing to compare. A decision you can walk back from costs you a few weeks if you were wrong, while a permanent one costs considerably more. Being unable to choose is also a choice, and usually the worst one available.

Lay the options out and mark how hard each would be to reverse in a month. Take the cheapest to undo, commit properly for a fixed period, then review on the date you set.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Of your frightening options, which could you reverse most easily?

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