Coaching practices for How to Stop Second Guessing Decisions

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• I deliberately leave my decisions open so I can back out later, thinking that protects me
• Even after I’ve chosen I leave the door cracked open "just in case," and I keep quietly re-shopping and re-comparing
• I agonize for days over tiny choices I could undo in a second, then rush the big ones I can’t take back
• I feel completely sure about this, and a quiet part of me knows that’s exactly when I’ve been most wrong before
• I’ve been sitting on something easy for two weeks telling myself I need one more data point, and the truth is I already know enough

Practices that may help

1. Treat your decision as more final than it is
   Mentally close off the "undo" option to stop rumination and increase satisfaction.
   Choice Overload, Made Practical
2. Commit and stop re-evaluating
   Once you’ve chosen, close the door instead of reopening the comparison.
   Satisficing vs. Maximizing: When “Good Enough” Wins
3. Classify decisions by reversibility and stakes
   Sort decisions into low-stakes/high-stakes and reversible/irreversible before deciding.
   Decision Journaling: Learning to Decide Better Over Time
4. Slow down on one-way doors
   For irreversible decisions, invest in deliberation proportional to the downside — not to your confidence.
   The Two-Way Door
5. Move fast on two-way doors
   On reversible decisions, decide with 70% of the information you wish you had — then adjust.
   The Two-Way Door
6. Log the information you wished you had
   In every decision entry, write: what would I want to know that I don’t?
   Decision Journaling: Learning to Decide Better Over Time
7. Ask 'What am I missing?' before major decisions
   Treat a confident feeling before a high-stakes decision as a cue to check what your competence map is omitting.
   Circle of Competence
8. Satisfice instead of maximize
   Choose the option that meets your criteria rather than searching for the theoretically best one.
   The Mindset of Enough: Contentment Without Complacency
9. Adopt satisficing instead of maximizing
   Set a "good enough" threshold before you search, then stop when you hit it.
   Choice Overload, Made Practical
10. Classify every decision as one-way or two-way before starting
    Before applying any decision process, ask: can I reverse this if I am wrong?
    The Two-Way Door

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