Analysis Paralysis

• How to Stop Analysis Paralysis: 8 Important Tips

Analysis paralysis is the state of over-thinking about a decision to the point that a choice never gets made. You face analysis paralysis when you…

    are overwhelmed by the available options,
    over-complicate the decision when it’s supposed to be quite a simple one,
    feel compelled to pick the “best” and “perfect” choice, there
    by delaying any decision until you do your research, or
    feel a deep fear of making a wrong move, hence stalling yourself from making any decision, in case you make the wrong choice.

8 Tips to Overcome Analysis Paralysis

1) Differentiate between big and small decisions
3 questions to differentiate between big and small decisions:
    How important is this decision?
    Will this impact me a year from now?
        What’s the worst thing that could happen?
2) Identify your objective
Last week I had a coaching call with a client who asked me for advice between two job options. The first is to remain in his current job — a well-paying job, living where he is now, in a stable work environment and country. The other is a job overseas — a bustling city, a dynamic job with great responsibilities, in an environment he has never been in before.

Both jobs have their pros and cons. The former offers security and great financial rewards with a manageable job scope. The latter offers immense personal growth with some degree of uncertainty and pressure, because everything is new to him.

So I asked my client, “What is your vision for your life for the next few years?”

He said that he’s sick of the predictability in his routine. He feels that everything is the same in his current job and he’s not learning much. He feels that his goal for the coming period is to grow, learn about different things, and see other things in life. As he is in his early 30s, now is the best time to explore the world
3) Perfection is not the key. “Moderately okay” is.
Unless you are dealing with a life-altering decision like who to marry and what career path to choose, perfection is not the key. Your goal is to pick a moderately “okay” choice in a fair amount of time, and then move on.
4) Eliminate the bad options
5) Let go of your childhood stories

6) Set a time limit
Do you know the Parkinson’s Law? The Parkinson’s Law says, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” What this means is that your work will take however long you allow it to take. If you set aside 15 minutes for a task, it’ll take 15 minutes. If you set aside 30 minutes, it’ll take 30 minutes. If you don’t set a time limit, it may take forever
7) Get a trusted opinion
8) Channel your energy into bigger goals
https://personalexcellence.co/blog/analysis-paralysis/

• Paralysis by analysis is the state of over-analyzing (or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome. This state of over-thinking about a decision leads the individual to the point where a choice never gets made, thereby creating a paralyzed state of inaction

Tip #1. Differentiate between big and small decisions.
Tip #2. Identify your objective(s).
Tip #3. Perfection is not the key.
Tip #4. Eliminate the bad options.
Tip #5. Pick one and go
Tip #6. Let go of your history surrounding decision making
Tip #7. Set a hard time limit.
Tip #8. Delegate the decision to someone else.
Tip #9. Get the opinion of someone you trust and go with it.
https://bsci21.org/9-tips-to-avoid-paralysis-by-analysis/