Last week in the calmness of an early morning, a thought flashed on my mind. None of the major events in my life are something that I decided, they just happened. So what's this hullabaloo over "decision making"?
I didn't decide which family I should be born in. I didn't decide who my parents should be. I didn't decide which school I must study in. I didn't decide who my teachers should be. I didn't decide who my classmates should be. I didn't decide who my friends should be. I didn't decide which course I should join. I didn't decide which industry I should work in. Aren't these major events in our lives? In none of these I decided.
You may not be convinced with last two examples I gave in the last para. Think about it- I joined a college/course that was popular. In your case it may be your passion. Industry too, I joined the one which payed me well. Alternatively it can be passion for technology or domain. So there was hardly anything to decide even these cases. We have two options- one is good (passion, salary etc) and another is bad (hate, indifference etc). What's there to decide here? Isn't it obvious?
Then we have options which can't be tagged good or bad exclusively. Alternatively, we have cases where there are 2 goods or 2 bads. Basically, we don't have (sufficient) facts or the options are so similar that we don't know which is better. It's like, you are walking alone in the woods, and you reach a crossroad. With no signboards or people to ask or any other help, does it make any sense to pressurize your mind to make decision. Just take any one path and walk. If you reach your destination, good, else return to the junction and take the second path.
I think there is nothing to decide upon. Let's give intelligence in us its rightful place.
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