When youve got a weighty decision on your hands, it can be tough to know what to do.
Your emotions and biases can get in the way, because youre too close to the situation.
To help make your decision, think about how youd advise a friend.
When youve got a friend considering a tough choice, its easy enough to give them advice.
You dont have to do the work; youre not worried about the difficulty.
Thus, you could give them sound, objective feedback.
It might help to remember this when it comes time to make your own tough decisions.
Ask yourself what advice you would give a friend, then apply that advice to your own situation.
But today, facing pain and discomfort does not mean you should avoid it.
In fact, more often than not it is smart to embrace it.
No one ever achieved greatness by staying comfortable and avoiding pain and discomfort.
You also ditch various biases such as the consistency bias, loss-aversion, social pressure and the negativity bias.
Its not an absolute.
Your advice will probably need more consideration.
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