“analysis paralysis” vs “Ready Fire Aim”
Just a quick note on posting your replies to my posts. For one it is important that you show your appreciation for the effort in making these posts that would encourage me to divulge more information and put extra effort for your own benefit. However THE most important reason for posting replies is because this is the core element of fastest way to start getting results in your life!
I think it’s vital for success not only to read posts and do the activities, but also equally just as important to learn how to analyse information received.
In modern age there is massive information overload on the net and media. This is why its only successful individuals who have developed filters based on experience of what is relevant to them right now, what they need to come back to and what needs to be dismissed instead of blindly following decisions guided by assumptions, opinions or intuitions.
The issue is that most average people just follow their emotional intuition which can be easily manipulated. An alternative is to review information, consider its relevance, analyse it, write up a quick summary of its application and then based on cold logic and after allowing some time for subconscious to process it then and only then choose to keep it, dismiss or keep it for later.
If not, then it is most likely that purchases would be often made on emotions such as buying books that you never end up reading, or enrolling in to courses that you will never actually use or intent to implement irrespective of importance of information received.
That being said in most cases these who never succeed more often than not suffer from analysis paralysis. So at certain times “Ready, Fire, Aim ” approach of first making a decision, acting on it, and only then analysing it is the best method of increasing self awareness and learning to improve your intuition based on experiences not speculations.
In this case, it is your experience and clarity of long term vision something that would guide your actions. If not than it is likely that you run a risk of falling in to a parten of "Ready, Aim, Aim again and Aim some more" and never actually taking any action. (look up the previous post about self proclaimed gurus who regurgitate someone else information without so much as testing it out on themselves first)
So if you choose read my blog posts, then make a quick analysis of information recieved, quickly consider long term implications and then act immediatelly upon the decision, after you have got your results come back and review the outcomes compared to how you interpreted information in the first instance.
Great post – Just saw it on Twitter. How long have you been writing?
Thanks Richard. This is sort of a recent sanity-check project for me to unload ideas from taking over my brain when I am trying to relax.
As a bonus also helps for my mastermind group to upload some notes for members now and then.
Hey Anatoly (I thought your name was Anthony!)
I really like this post because it is a mistake that I used to make a lot.
I believe that in reality, you can never get ALL the facts before making a decision and often you need to take risks.
Unless it’s a blantantly stupid risk (e.g. riding a bike off a building to do tricks), it’s often very rewarding to have a real-life learning experience.
Also with PUA, it really helps take a leap of faith and then learn. As Style says: Be an expert in the field, not in your mind.
This type of firm decision making also helps to prevent procrastination. ‘Perfect’ preparation is a very common excuse for inaction.
So overall, great post Anatoly!
Owen it is Anthony, but my real name is Anatoly. Just makes it easier for Australians to remember.
But I am slowly working back to my roots.
This is still only foundational exercises. It’ll get more and more deeper over the next few weeks. Keep up the good spirits.
Agree I spend too much time deciding on what is the right thing to do. I believe I already know but give too much weight to social programming…I need to break this
Through my life experience, I’d like to make the point that chaos IS required in order for change.
The ready fire instead of ready aim fire approach is an effective way of initiating change.
I have found that we first must initiate change in general everywhere (with excusions) and THEN deal with the way the puzzle pieces come together afterwoods, since we mostly don’t understand the detail of what the changes will bring.
I think that you are usually ready, aimed AND firing, but often just like the soldiers who instead of shooting to directly at the target, often aim overheads of enemies. You also often tend to doubt your ability to shoot for the kill.
Tho you are obviously working through it now and it seems that your results surprise you to the point where you start to question where it’s really happening to you. Give it more time and what you have learned so far will become a conscious part of your identity. Just keep in mind the learning stages:
1. Unconscious incompetence,
2. Conscious incompetence,
3. Conscious competence
4. Unconscious competence
I think that you are at about stage 3 with your identity and skill level.
thats taking it to a new level … I never thought of that. YES you are correct. I am starting to get some small kills though. I think it is a question of confidence to overcome the overshoot. This is being adressed by my new identity (the alpha man)