HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS QUICKLY: WAYS TO MAKE DECISIONS FASTER 

How are you a hundred percent sure that the decisions you're making right now about your life are correct?

UNDERSTAND WITH EXAMPLE

Because when scientists conduct a study, one of the most important factors they keep in mind is their sample pool, if they want to make an accurate conclusion they have to make sure that-

To have a large enough sample size which means enough people in their study because if there are only five people in your study you can't really say that your conclusion applies to the rest of the population

Is that their sample pool is diverse enough, you have to make sure that the people they are conducting the study with are spread out, meaning male and female people of different ethnic backgrounds, people of different ages again to make sure that the conclusion applies to the entire population.

If you're doing a study on how a drug affects people and your sample pool is filled with only men, then the conclusion you come to may be very different than if you had both men and women for all you know this drug of yours might be dangerous for women.

So why is it that so many of us draw conclusions about our lives and what direction we need ahead in from sample pools that are not diverse at all.

You know we're brought up in a household where our parents teach us their values, then we're sent to school for the next 13-20 years of our lives where most of us hang out with people with very similar values.

And then we make huge decisions about our lives that will affect us for many many years based off of these values.

Such as “oh I have to go to college” or “oh I have to study this” or “oh I have to get a stable nine-to-five job” or “oh I have to buy a nice car” or “oh I have to be in a relationship” or “oh I shouldn't say this or that”

How are you so sure that the conclusion, the direction you're planning the rest of your entire life in is correct when the large majority of your sample pool is filled with very similar people, not only that but most of us have a very small sample pool that we draw conclusions from.

THINK ABOUT IT

Think about it, how many new people did you meet this year that you sat down and really got to know for the majority of us, not many, and to drive the point even further.

How many people did you meet this year from a different age group,  from a different country that you sat down with and got to know, probably even less.

It's as if so many of us are taking a supplement that we think will make us happy but the only research we've done on this supplement has been conducted on 10 people who are in their 40s.

I don't know about you but I would not take that pill until I did more research, 

That's why I am such a big supporter of three things that will allow you to make more accurate decisions in your life, by increasing the size and diversity of your sample pool and they are-

•  Taking a gap year
•  Traveling 
•  Reading instead of jumping right into college from high school.

TAKE A GAP

You should honestly take a gap year many of us go to college immediately after 13 years of being surrounded by the same exact mindset.

Then we force ourselves to pick a career that we plan on doing for the rest of our lives.

A gap year helps you realize what you actually want to do or study it gives you perspective.

Now, a lot of people do gap years incorrectly to make the most out of a gap year you need to throw yourself into the deep end of the pool.

I would recommend that you take on a job that's way outside of your comfort zone, something like sales which exposes you to people from all walks of life. 

You end up interacting with people from all ages, all ethnic backgrounds for hours at a time and this really expands and diversifies your sample pool.

TRAVEL

Number two is to travel, when you travel to another country you're drawn into a world with people that have a completely different outlook on life, they want different things in life.

Different things make them happy and they live with different priorities it's amazing to travel because you realize that the world you've lived in your whole life is only a tiny piece of the puzzle, a small piece of what really goes on in this world.

READ NONFICTION

And the number three is to read nonfiction, I preached about reading a lot, reading is extremely powerful because it plunges you into the mindset of someone who is usually much more experienced than you, their ideas and mindsets get passed on to you.

REMEMBER

Always remember to question yourself, how and why are you so sure that this is the path that you want to walk down.

because if the sole reason is based on the conclusion you drew from your small sample size that lacks diversity, you might find yourself 5 to 10 years down the line, unhappy and filled with regret.

You would not be that much happier in your life ahead if you are not sure of your decision you are taking right now or if your decision is drawn from a very small sample pool.

Whatever the decision you are taking right now is going to affect your coming times so you have to be a HUNDRED PRESENT SURE about the step you are taking.

While making any decision, you must keep your mind calm, cool, and clear. We have all seen, decisions made in hurry often led to bad results.

MY PERSONAL SUGGESTION

Personally, I suggest you to meditate, you can use meditation as a huge weapon to control your mind and so your life. Studies shows, meditation clears your mind and calms it down which helps a lot in thinking clearly and making decisions that are good for you.

 

CONCLUSION

So guys, as we mentioned above, don't make a decision in hurry, take time, note down everything that is going to affect your future before taking any final step.

Have a diverse sample pool from which you are going to draw your decision. Meditate and stay cool, calm, and clear.

What do you think? if you think there is something we missed here.

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