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How to Choose the Right Answer in a Multiple Choice World
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How to Choose the Right Answer in a Multiple Choice World

Do you have difficulty making good decisions?

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Jill Reid
Aug 23, 2024
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Recently, I was weighing the pros and cons of a major decision.

Attempting to remain impartial and view the information I’d gathered from a neutral perspective, I soon found myself in a repeating loop, asking myself the same questions without arriving at a good answer.

  • What will it cost in time, emotion, and money — and which is more important?

  • What if it doesn’t work out — and what’s the worst that could happen?

  • What are the other options and alternatives?

It’s that last question that always took me off track, circling my overstressed brain right back to the starting point.

Because there were simply too many possibilities — too many other choices causing doubt and confusion, ultimately preventing me from recognizing what my subconscious already knew was the right decision.

Here’s an example that helped me make sense of things:


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