Have you tried comparing yourself to what you were 5 years back? Physically ? Emotionally ? Physical change is evident, Emotional change is less so. Both, however are inevitable. What you thought and expected from life 5-10 years ago is different from what you want now. Agree? Now, think about the decisions we make at any point in time. Decisions are made forward looking i.e for the future. e.g you decide to buy an insurance policy for "future" safety. Agree? Now, if things constantly change and decisions are made for the future, can we ever make any correct decisions? Alternatively, we are doomed to a lifetime of cribbing over how we made the wrong decision(s). Now you might argue that although we change physically and emotionally, there are core attributes that remain for lifetime. e.g our height does not change, our basic nature does not change. I would beg to differ. We change as per circumstances. Good can turn to bad and vice versa. e.g the loss of a loved one can turn a perfectly sweet person into a grouch and full of hatred. On the other hand, marrying someone good might turn your personality for the better. I am not saying that all people change dramatically over a lifetime. However people definitely change, for better or for worse, depending on circumstances.
My question is, should decision making then be relegated to a random choice? Or you think it is still better to make an "informed decesion" (whatever that means!!)
Cheers
Rishi
P.S: Dont give me examples of how some of your decisions have been good. Firstly you are only telling me the ones that turned good for you and secondly you have been lucky things worked out as you "assumed" they would when you took the decision. No ?
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This is like investing in futures and options on the stock market. You 'think' some thing good will happen tomorrow. So you act today. (Or take a decision today, as you say). No matter what, you will live with your decisions for the entire life time.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, even today 90% of your decisions are informed ones. Forget the important ones, you dont take trivial decisions (like whether I should buy vegetables from a road side shop or a super market) without giving it a thought. The rest of them are either enforced upon you (like you studied engineering because your father asked you to do) or a result of your indulgence (ex. smoking a cigarette, having a passionate affair, drinking coke). You know you are making a wrong choice... you are warned. But you still go ahead
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Decisions are nothing but choosing one path among several possible paths based on your thinking in the current situation and your experiences in the past.
ReplyDeleteBut however informed decision you take , it can either go good or bad.
Because life is not so straight-forward. Its dynamic and can be totally unpredictable at times.
And your meticulous thinking and your past experiences may not hold true.
So I would say take time, analyze, make decisions with good thinking, but do not worry about the outcome.
What matters is how you handle the outcome.
Good decision will make you make more good decisions.
Bad decision may be just another learning experience.
Conclusion : Good decisions, bad decisions can both make someone a better person if he/she has a
right perspective towards life.