Analysis paralysis · Brojo: Confidence & Integrity

Analysis paralysis

I am sure this is something we all excel at.

Call it "overthinking things" or just procrastination or endless researching or being academic. I think this is probably a very common thing among nice guy types.

We want to do the research. We want to learn. We want to plan things. As an engineer and software developer, these things are necessary of course. But when we apply this to all things and take it too far... we get nothing done.

We become paralyzed with endless planning, even fantasizing, and never getting to the goal.

I am particularly bad at this. Whether its a project I am working on and never finishing (or never starting), or some new way to manage my life, my relationships, or my health. I do the research, I think this is awesome, I get excited by it, and maybe I even start.. and then fizzle out.

I'll get overwhelmed by the influx of knowledge, the cloud of ideas, or just the inertia of getting started. And then nothing gets done.

Paralysis by analysis.

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