Better Decision-Making in Your Career

Why They're Hard

Career decisions are hard because they're irreversible (or feel irreversible), emotionally charged, and made with insufficient data. You don't know enough about what either path would actually be like. Your emotions are involved. You're afraid of being wrong.

Frameworks Help

You can't eliminate the difficulty. But you can reduce the paralysis. Use frameworks. "If I choose this, can I leave if it doesn't work out?" "Do I have to burn bridges?" "What's the information I don't have?" "Who's done this and what did they learn?"

Frameworks don't make the decision for you. They structure your thinking so you're not just spiraling.

Making the Move

At some point you have to choose despite the uncertainty. You'll never have perfect information. The question is whether you have enough. And whether you trust your judgment.

Most people wait too long for perfect certainty. Then they don't move at all.