It is almost amusing to see second-guessers who, amid ample time and comfort, can critique the decisions of a person who had to grapple with serious problems when information was sparse, stress was high, and the potential effects were costly.
Time, in particular, is an element that is underestimated. Limit that and you have much less ability to collect your thoughts, gather information, and seek other perspectives. That's why wartime adversaries strive to rob their enemies of time. It can be as important a resource as ammunition. Reduce it and you produce confusion and knee-jerk reactions.
In our daily lives, it can be easy to create unnecessary deadlines that add to the pressure. Just keep piling on the tasks. We try to do too many of the minor things and thus drain time from the important ones. It is not unusual to meet people who barely give themselves time to think, consequently make poor decisions, and then waste additional time upbraiding themselves for the results before rushing on to the next disaster-in-the-making.
2 comments:
I completely agree, but in many professions attributing a cost to time for thought, is unjustifiable....
It's very easy to be critical of decisions, costs or outcomes when you have time to think, examine, analyse....After the fact many could have done it cheaper, quicker, smarter, better....but they didn't do it they just imagined they could....
Bob,
The second-guessers always have the most comfortable seats!
Michael
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