Annie Duke

It actually relates to quitting.

So let me start at the basics, right?

What's happening is that, okay, so let's imagine that this friend of yours is in a job that they hate.

And they have to make a decision, like, should they quit their job and go to a new job?

I bet this is probably a conversation that you have a lot.

And they say, oh, like, I don't want to do that because what if I take this new job and I hate that?

And what if I make a mistake?

And what if it turns out really badly?

Does that sound familiar?

Yeah.

Okay.

Here's the deal.

Staying in the job you're in is a decision.

That's the thing that people miss.

So you described it as they'd rather make no decision at all, right, than a decision that might work out badly.

But making no decision at all doesn't exist.

Like it's grammatical as a sentence of English, but it doesn't make any sense.

Because making, quote unquote, no decision at all is allowing the status quo to continue, whatever you're doing, right?

Like I'm in a relationship.

I don't want to make a decision about whether to leave it.