Robin Sieger Blog

I was faced with a challenge recently and was procrastinating regards making a swift choice. Too often we try to think a problem through, when our original response is probably the right one. So I started weighing up the pros and cons, the upside of a good outcome and compared it with the downside of a bad outcome.

I imagine it is a scenario you are familiar with, what we tend to do is ignore our initial almost intuitive response, which from my experience is almost always right. Because the brain has computed all the outcomes and selected for you the one which feels right for you.

As a result of this over thinking the outcomes, I found myself unable to make a choice I would be happy with, and the result was the opportunity passed. I concluded that having been unable to choose quickly as I usually do, I had allowed uncertainty to creep into my thinking which in turn affected my confidence in making a choice I was positive about.

It reminded me of the story told about the young Indian brave, who says to father, the chief of the tribe, that in his hearts are two wolves fighting for control of his heart, one wolf is good and the other wolf is evil. The young Indian asked his father, which wolf would ultimately win control of his heart, and the father replied, "The one you feed the most".

I have learnt my lesson, to trust my instinct and not to feed doubt over certainty, which had been my first reaction.

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