Let new information arrive before making the same decision more forcefully.

Doubling down is what commitment often looks like from inside. When something is not working, the instinct is to apply more of the same, faster and harder, because changing course would mean the first choice was wrong. That instinct is strongest exactly when new evidence is most available and least welcome. Escalating is not the same as persevering; one listens and the other refuses to.

If you are about to push harder on something, pause and ask what you have learned since deciding. Let that answer shape the next move, even if it is uncomfortable.