💡 Quote I'm pondering

“No decision is, in itself, a decision.” - William James

People often avoid making hard decisions by defaulting into making no decision at all.

Not deciding feels like a relief from responsibility. But ultimately, you will always remain responsible, you just choose to neglect your duty.

Unfortunately, opting to not decide is often the worst decision possible. You get:

• all of the negatives of both options - you feel like you’re missing out by not taking action, and you simultaneously feel like you’re stuck. You feel bad for indecision.

  
  

• and none of the benefits - you don’t get the relief of deciding to stay where you are, or the excitement or sense of progress that comes with taking action.

Not deciding is a decision for the status quo, for things to remain stuck as they are, but with the added negative that you also feel bad about it because you neglected your responsibility to decide.

Take control of your destiny, make the decision one way or the other.

An answer to one of my session booking form requests yesterday (new client).

No decision - indecision - often causes more burnout than a wrong decision. We can fix

and learn from a wrong decision, but making no decision is paralysing.

I shared this in my Work Smart Wednesday newsletter. Want the full set of related insights? You can read them here: https://worksmartwednesday.substack.com/p/work-smart-wednesday-june-18-2025

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