Do Something

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing”
-Theordore Roosevelt

All of us find ourselves with a bias towards inaction. This affects different people to varying degrees, but it will always manifest itself somewhere. It is not only out of laziness that we are frozen, but also by the circumstances in front of our noses.
We may have too little information to make a reasoned choice, or we might feel foolish or headstrong to rush into a course of action without gathering all of the appropriate information on what exactly it is that we should do, whether it be speaking to the professionals, running analyses, or a million other things. There can be so much information that we get so overwhelmed. We can’t distinguish the signal from the noise, and are likely to change paths as the wind blows in a new direction.

However, all of these circumstances do not hide the fact that more often than not, doing nothing is the single WORST thing we can do. When we do nothing, we are simply hoping for the best, or not taking even the smallest of precautions; wishing away a problem instead of facing it head on or working to resolve it. By looking straight ahead and making choices, difficult as they may be, we are fighting paralysis and the bias towards inaction. Instead, we’re moving toward answers. It is infinitely easier to correct a wrong start than it is to get the ball rolling after a lot of time has passed, when it may simply be too late.

Inaction only encourages further inaction down the line.