{"id":37,"date":"2020-12-04T04:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T04:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/hamzakhan\/?p=37"},"modified":"2021-11-25T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:10:07","slug":"on-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hamzakhan\/2020\/12\/04\/on-decision-making\/","title":{"rendered":"On decision making"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Ju<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">dge a book by its cover<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">At first, this can seem like the opposite of everything you\u2019ve been taught. Don\u2019t we cultivate our minds and critical thinking skills precisely so we don\u2019t simply accept things at face value? Yes, most of the time. But sometimes this approach can be counterproductive.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">What a philosopher also has is the ability, as Nietzsche put it, \u201cto stop courageously, at the surface\u201d and see things in plain, objective form. Nothing more, nothing less. Yes, Stoics were \u201csuperficial,\u201d he said, \u201cout of profundity.\u201d Today, while other people are getting carried away, that\u2019s what you\u2019re going to practice. A kind of straightforward pragmatism\u2014seeing things as their initial impressions make them.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Source: Daily stoic<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Have an iron will, but an adaptable will<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">When you set your mind to a task, do you always follow through? It\u2019s an impressive feat if you do. But don\u2019t let yourself become a prisoner of that kind of determination. That asset might become a liability someday.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Conditions change. New facts come in. Circumstances arise. If you can\u2019t adapt to them\u2014if you simply proceed onward, unable to adjust according to this additional information\u2014you are no better than a robot. The point is not to have an iron will, but an adaptable will\u2014a will that makes full use of reason to clarify perception, impulse, and judgment to act effectively for the right purpose.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">It\u2019s not weak to change and adapt. Flexibility is its own kind of strength. In fact, this flexibility combined with strength is what will make us resilient and unstoppable.<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge a book by its cover At first, this can seem like the opposite of everything you\u2019ve been taught. Don\u2019t we cultivate our minds and critical thinking skills precisely so we don\u2019t simply accept things at face value? Yes, most of the time. But sometimes this approach can be counterproductive. 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