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What is the solution for hesitation and excessive consultation when making a particular decision?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Consultation involves seeking expert opinions and refining ideas to unify perspectives and reach a sound decision, whereas decision-making is the process of successfully choosing among alternatives. Both are essential tools in decision-making, but they can lead to procrastination if indecisiveness turns into excessive overthinking. To avoid this, one should pay attention to emotions, eliminate stress, set a time limit for the decision, and steer clear of distractions. The stages of rational decision-making include: confronting the situation, identifying options, evaluating them, implementing the decision, and then evaluating the results. To overcome indecisiveness, one must identify its causes (lack of information, fear of the future, equally balanced options), then enumerate and evaluate all available options, gather necessary information about them, while focusing on priorities and values. One should change their mindset towards expecting success, focus on the present and work towards achieving goals, with faith in the ability to overcome challenges, and consider every decision an opportunity for learning and growth, while ignoring obsessions and self-talk, and training oneself to make small decisions quickly.

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