I am certain that any decision is better than no decision. I know this is a generalization and that many terrible decisions are made daily, as evidenced by our friends at the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board. Truly, most problems are caused not by a bad decision, but a lack of any decision at all. Consider the following situations where we can all agree that indecision is most commonly the cause of the problems.
Auto accidents, clutter, landscaping, investments, time management, purchases (and especially returns), overflowing closets and TOO MUCH STUFF!! I will tackle each of these separately over the next few days, but for today a short story that triggered these thoughts may suffice.
My next door neighbor is an amazing man. He could be the poster child for decisiveness, and success for that matter, but on Saturday he dropped by while I was working in the garage and gave me a brand new lawn mower blade. We don’t normally exchange gifts (unless you count the weed seeds that blow from my yard into his) and I was confused. He explained that he had purchased it a year ago so he could not return it, and it did not fit his mower. He spent good money on it and couldn’t throw it away, so he gave it to me. I don’t think it will fit my mower, but he decided to get rid of it and I was close, so I now have the duty of finding a home for it. He is very good at making decisions, that is why my garage is a mess and his is pristine.
I am going to try to follow his example more often.