Facing multiple options and uncertain about which one to choose?
Feel like one of them is better, but not sure why?
Try to formulate the reasoning anyway! I noticed that:
I encourage you to try something I've found incredibly helpful: Take a moment to verbally outline the pros and cons of each choice and explain why one seems superior. When you do this, you'll:
- Gain a deeper understanding of the options at hand.
- Prepare yourself with well-thought-out reasoning for any inquiries.
- In the future, if your chosen option doesn't pan out as expected, you can revisit your initial rationale, refine it with newfound knowledge and experience, and make a more informed decision.
Give it a shot and let me know if it works for You as well!
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Isn't this just a default thing everyone does? Like you see options, think about what's better and what's worse, and make a decision?
From my experience, not everybody does it. :)
Not everyone writes pros/cons or tries to approach the problem somehow methodologically.
In addition to that, I personally found a big value in actually writing down the thoughts and reasoning. When I do write the them down, then restructure them, sometimes I find something that I've missed. That's similar like doing arithmetic in one's head: so easy to make a mistake or forget intermediate result, but when You do it on paper it gets trivial.
And finally, when after a year or so somebody asks "why we did it like that", I can dig out the document, which unlike my mind doesn't forget the things. :)