Asking Hard Questions
in many ways decisions become harder when you’re older. You have more sunken costs, whether you subscribe to the fallacy or not. That changes your perspective. As you’ve accumulated more knowledge and experience, there is more to consider. I’ve found that asking the right questions has the biggest impact on our ability to make sound decisions. This is true in all aspects of society, not just our own personal lives. If you had to choose one variable, which would be the most important? What are the guaranteed positives of this course of action? If left at the status quo, what do things look like in 6 months, 1 year, 3 years? Foresight begins with the right set of piercing, difficult questions. We must ask them of ourselves, and we must insist on their discussion when designing the world we want to live in.