Gary Klein’s book Sources of Power is based on numerous surveys on the kinetics of decision-making. While most select the first applicable action, some compare and analyze the options available. Various factors contribute into this simple fact.

Experience is a teacher

You go through life getting rich with experience in various fields. Farming, cooking, stitching all teach you specific patterns even if you don’t know these arts. There are different ways to grow different crops, to cook and to stitch different cloths. The plan of action is bound to change when you evaluate the task at hand.

Thus, when your own time to make decisions arrive, you involuntarily fall on these bookmarks. You begin to match the patterns and act likewise. However, those good at making decisions won’t falter even if there is a change in this pattern. That is the moment of indecision for many and instincts for the rest. Read the rest of this entry »