Tips for Organizing Decision-Making Criteria

"Should I do this?"
"But is it really necessary?"

When you are stuck and unable to move because you are feeling conflicted like that.

It does not mean your willpower is weak,
it may simply be that your criteria for making decisions
have not been organized yet.

People stop in their tracks when they cannot see their decision-making axis.

Stopping is a natural reaction.

In this article, I will introduce
tips for organizing your decision-making criteria.

▶ When you cannot make a decision,
it is not always due to "lack of information"

When you are feeling lost,
・I should be able to decide if I research more
・I should be able to move forward if I understand more

You might feel that way.

However, in reality,
rather than a lack of information,
"your decision-making criteria have not yet taken shape"
is often the case.

For example,
・Whether you want to do it
・Whether you can feel secure
・Whether you can feel convinced
・Whether it is something you want to continue

Depending on which of these you value most,
the way you choose will change.

▶ Three perspectives for organizing decision-making criteria

When you are feeling lost,
it becomes easier to organize your thoughts
if you look at things by dividing them into several perspectives.

1. The desire to do it
This is the part closest to "interest and curiosity."

・I am a little curious
・I want to try it out
・I actually wanted to try it

Starting with small feelings is perfectly fine.

2. Balance with Reality
No matter how much you want to do something,
you cannot ignore reality.

For example,
・Time ・Physical strength
・Environment ・Money
・Current priorities, etc.

If you ignore these,
it can become quite mentally distressing.

3. A Sense of Conviction
This is a part that is surprisingly easy to overlook,

・Are you deciding in your own words?
・Are you just going along with someone else?
・Do you have a slight feeling of hesitation?

Re-examining these points
is also a foundation
for moving forward under your own power.

Even if there is no 100% conviction,
you want to cherish the feeling
of trying to grasp it yourself, don't you?

▶The more you learn,
　the more you may become unable to move

This applies to me as well, but...
the more you continue to learn,
the more you may find yourself unable to move.

In business strategy books and the like,
this is sometimes described as being "over-intellectual" and disliked,
or said to be something to avoid.

However,
you are actually in the middle of sowing seeds for tremendous growth.

The more you know about new things,
・Parts you cannot judge yet
・Parts you have not fully understood
・Options you had not seen before

This is because these things start to become visible.

The state of knowing
that you "do not know",

as the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates,
known for "Socratic ignorance," also said.

If you feel that you have more things you don't understand than before you learned,
it means you are not stuck,
but rather in the process of seeing more things.

"I want to move forward with conviction"

I think people who have that thought
are more likely to experience this state.

▶ Questions to help you organize

If you are feeling hesitant about something, or if you feel like you cannot move forward or take action, try asking yourself these questions.

You don't have to find the answer right away.

Looking at what you are struggling with from a different angle or breaking it down can help you find a foothold that makes you think, "Oh, I can move forward with this."

▶ Decision-making criteria take shape little by little

Decision-making criteria are not something that are clear from the start.

They are things that take shape little by little as you hesitate and make choices.

Depending on the situation, what you value most can change.

But precisely for that reason, instead of treating the time you are stuck as "time spent being unable to decide," try accepting it as "time spent organizing."

I hope this helps when you are struggling because you want to decide but cannot.

Until next time.

Thank you for reading this article to the end.


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