- going up a hill is hard
- You lose momentum when making a decision
- you are under more emotional influence
- The hill is the toughest of the path
- You don’t have enough data
We are faced with decisions all the time. But when do you want to make those decisions? Many people often make their decisions at the wrong moment.
What is going up the hill?
Going up a hill is at a time of heightened emotional state. This is when you let your emotions make decisions, not your thinking brain. The uphill battle is where our biggest challenges occur. We will slip into monkey brain thinking without letting the logical part of our brain really get a word in edge-wise.
We have had many bad decisions happen while going up a hill. The patriot act, The Japanese internment camps, and many other examples where we as a whole make bad decisions while facing an uphill.
When in your life there have been times that you broke the 90% rule. You made the smart comment to your wife when you knew you should have kept your mouth shut. You threw your hands up and left a project because you got some bad news. You lashed out at a loved one when they were just trying to help.
while going up a hill you will start to struggle. This struggle is when you want to push through and see if it was a good choice after