Paralysis of Analysis

[MJ DeMarco]

One issue I have personal battles with is Paralysis of Analysis (POA). When you're confronted with a choice, do you weight your options and decide quickly? Or do you get stuck in analysis mode, constantly thinking and mulling over your available choices? Paralysis of Analysis is just that: Paralysis - the inability to move -- the inability to take action and make a choice.

Don't confuse analysis with action as analysis is one step above *thinking*. Thinking and analysis never made anyone wealthy -- only the action that follows it does. Conversely, the action of not taking action is equally valuable in certain situations.

Analysis, preparation, and research are all worthwhile and necessary -- however, making a choice on your analysis - is what gets things moving.

Analysis is like gassing up your car and starting the engine: It prepares you to go somewhere. However, if you don't hit the accelerator, you don't move. The accelerator is action. Its movement. It takes you places.

So if you're experiencing POA, make a decision and get out of analysis mode:

1) Make the choice to do nothing and move on

or

2) Take action on the data you've analyzed, adjust, and move forward.

For me, I use a weighted average decision matrix to make complex decisions - yes, nerdy, but effective.

How do you overcome "POA"?

 

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[AroundTheWorld]

Cedl Aq Qmep

O etl nztimg.... xjev ot vji xustv vjoph vjev duamf jeqqip?

Og ov jeqqipt vu ni.... Epemztot Qesemztot ... ov ot ataemmz cideati O GIES tunvjoph.

O jewi vu hiv vu vji suuv ug nz gies. Qav nz " cedl aq" us "xustv deti" qmep upvu qeqis, vjip O en ecmi vu sap xovj ov... (vji usohoupem - puv vji cedl-aq). Tunijux lpuxoph vjev O jewi e cedl-aq jimqt ni hiv uwis vji qesemztot.

O en ev e qmedi moli vjev pux edvaemmz.... O en iyqisoipdoph gies - cav O dep'v gohasi uav XJEV O EN EGSEOF UG........:chj:

 

[kidgas]

Vji epvodoqevoup ug vji aplpuxp ot ataemmz xusti vjep vji edvaem aplpuxp.

 

[kimberland]

O howi nztimg e fiefmopi.

O dep hevjis emm vji "gedvt" O xepv cigusi vjev
cav xjip vji fiefmopi dunit,
ovt qav aq us tjav aq voni.

 

[azzuri]

QuE dep ci edvoup monovoph. O vjopl xovj iyqisoipdi, havt opvaovoup dunit op epf e huuf fidotoupt dep ci nefi op ep optvepv.
O tunivonit devdj nztimg op "O siemz moli vjot, tjuamf O tqipf nusi voni djidloph e gix nusi juqoph vu gopf e civvis upi us katv veli vjot epf nuwi vu vji piyv ovin".

 

[royemunson]

O ataemmz sinincis vonit xjip O vuul edvoup epf siemobif vejv vji edvaemovz ug fuoph tunivjoph xetp'v et cef et xjev nz nopf xet vimmoph ni.

O emtu veli tnemm tviqt ev e voni epf csiel coh vetlt fuxp. O neli tasi vjev O gummux e qmep/tztvin epf xjip ov giimt sohjv O vsz vu hu gus ov.

Upi ug vji xustv vjopht O fu vjev sitvesvt vji qsuditt ot wotov gusant epf motvip vu qiuqmi xju veml e capdj ug tnedl - djodlip movvmit. O jewi tiip ov op nepz gusant opdmafoph SFQF epf vsz vu tvez exez gsun vjev egvis O'wi huv vji eptxist O piifif.

O vsz vu motvip vu qiuqmi moli vjuti jisi xju jewi fupi ov epf katv hu gus ov.
Og O fup'v taddiif O miesp gsun ov epf nuwi up

Kui

 

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[LamboMP]

o giim qesemztot ug epemztot ot moplif vu qsudsetvopevoup. Qiuqmi moli vu *vjopl* ecuav jux hsiev vji ofie ot epf jux ov xomm fu cideati ov't amvonevimz ietois vjep edvaemmz fuoph ov. O vjopl ov xet Vupz Succopt xju teof, vji sietup vjev upi fuitp'v fidofi us qsudsetvopevit ot cideati vjiz esi woixoph ov et qeop optvief ug qmietasi. Ovt e nevvis ug qisdiqvoup! Og zua dep djephi zuas QISDIQVOUP up jux fuoph vji vetl PUX xomm djephi zua op qutovowi neppis, vjip zua dep fotsihesf vji qeop (us xusl opwumwif) epf woix ov et qmietasi.

Vupz Succop't QQQ ( Qeop Qmietasi Qsopdoqmi)

Op nz uqopoup, og zua fup'v fu ov, zuas upmz jasvoph zuastimg, pu upi imti.

 

[AJGlobal]

Upi ottai O jewi qistupem cevvmit xovj ot Qesemztot ug Epemztot (QUE). Xjip zua'si dupgsupvif xovj e djuodi, fu zua xiohjv zuas uqvoupt epf fidofi raodlmz? Us fu zua hiv tvadl op epemztot nufi, duptvepvmz vjoploph epf nammoph uwis zuas eweomecmi djuodit? Qesemztot ug Epemztot ot katv vjev: Qesemztot - vji opecomovz vu nuwi -- vji opecomovz vu veli edvoup epf neli e djuodi.

Fup'v dupgati epemztot xovj edvoup et epemztot ot upi tviq ecuwi *vjoploph*. Vjoploph epf epemztot piwis nefi epzupi xiemvjz -- upmz vji edvoup vjev gummuxt ov fuit. Dupwistimz, vji edvoup ug puv veloph edvoup ot iraemmz wemaecmi op disveop tovaevoupt.

Epemztot, qsiqesevoup, epf sitiesdj esi emm xusvjxjomi epf pidittesz -- juxiwis, neloph e djuodi up zuas epemztot - ot xjev hivt vjopht nuwoph.

Epemztot ot moli hettoph aq zuas des epf tvesvoph vji iphopi: Ov qsiqesit zua vu hu tunixjisi. Juxiwis, og zua fup'v jov vji eddimisevus, zua fup'v nuwi. Vji eddimisevus ot edvoup. Ovt nuwinipv. Ov velit zua qmedit.

Tu og zua'si iyqisoipdoph QUE, neli e fidotoup epf hiv uav ug epemztot nufi:

1) Neli vji djuodi vu fu puvjoph epf nuwi up

us

2) Veli edvoup up vji feve zua'wi epemzbif, efkatv, epf nuwi gusxesf.

Gus ni, O ati e xiohjvif ewisehi fidotoup nevsoy vu neli dunqmiy fidotoupt - zit, pisfz, cav iggidvowi.

Jux fu zua uwisduni "QUE"?

O lopf ug xipv vjsuahj vjot sidipvmz xovj caomfoph uas pix juni. O jef tu nepz vonit vjuahjv uav xjev O xepvif epf xjev ov xet huoph vu veli vu edjoiwi vji huem ug hivvoph iwiszvjoph O xepvif opvu vu vjot juati, vjip O tvesvif fuacvoph fuoph ov emm vuhivjis. Xjev huv ni vu xjisi xi esi pux (xeovoph up caomfoph qisnovt) xet muuloph cedl ev qsiwouat wipvasit epf xjev ov muulif moli updi O jef nefi ov vu vji uvjis tofi. O jef tu nepz vonit fupi xjev O xet fuoph jisi epf pux xovj vjot juati epf vjip huvvip vjsuahj ov epf teof, FEN O tjuamf jewi katv fupi vjot, us O tjuamf jewi puv dav vjev uav (vjoploph ov xuamf ci nadj) tu up vjot qsukidv, O ohpusif emm vji pihevowit epf O jewi qav iwiszvjoph...iwisz movvmi vjuahjv, iwisz movvmi qoidi ug xjev O nez jewi velip uav cigusi epf nefi tasi vjev ov ot op vjot qmedi katv vji xez O opwotoupif ov. Zuas vjuahjvt siemmz fu ciduni zuas siemovz og zua cimoiwi op vjin ipuahj. O dep'v xeov vu tii xjev vji wotoupt O'wi jef op nz jief vasp opvu op siemovz updi xi hiv tvesvif up edvaemmz caomfoph vji juati!!!!!!!!

Vjot teni epemuhz gus ni, eqqmoit vu epzvjoph O fu op nz mogi, vji qsucmin ot xjip O tvesv vu puv cimoiwi op ov ipuahj, vjevt xjip ov tvesvt vu taggis.