AmiSight 9/22: It Can Wait Until Tomorrow
I’m working hard on getting better at something that sounds simple: not making decisions when I’m emotional.
It’s easy in business to get angry, overly excited, frustrated, or so invested in something that you feel like you have to act right now. Send the email. Make the call. Say yes. Say no.
What I’m trying to recognize in myself is that the urgency I’m feeling doesn’t necessarily mean the decision is urgent.
So I’m trying to ask myself a simple question: Does this really need to be decided today?
Most of the time, it doesn’t. It can wait until tomorrow. And sometimes literally sleeping on it is enough to see things differently in the morning.
There are obviously times in business when you have to move quickly. But I’m learning there is a difference between something being urgent and me feeling urgent.
Sometimes the best decision I can make today is to wait until tomorrow.
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