Keeping Your Options Open Can Keep You Stuck

Keeping Your Options Open Can Keep You Stuck

Keeping your options open sounds smart.

Don’t commit too early. Don’t close any doors. Wait until you’re completely sure.

But eventually, flexibility becomes avoidance.

Every option you keep alive requires some amount of attention. The job you might leave. The relationship you’re unsure about. The project you might start. The move you keep considering.

Nothing gets chosen, so nothing gets your full effort.

There’s a cost to making the wrong decision. But there’s also a cost to spending six months standing between decisions.

You rarely need complete certainty.

You need enough information to make a reasonable choice, the courage to close a few doors, and the willingness to make your decision work.

Sometimes progress starts when you stop asking, “What if there’s something better?”

And choose something worth building!