The human brain evolved to be fast rather than completely accurate in order to make quick decisions to avoid predators. While this leads to generalizing and not having a full understanding, it generally works well. It is important to find a balance between thinking enough to act but not overthinking to the point of being stuck, as those who can consistently act with just enough information tend to do better and gain valuable insights from their experiences and mistakes. The rare ability to make decisions and learn from actions can be more valuable than any specific skill set.

2. The human brain is incredibly fast, but
not so accurate.

3. Long, long time ago, Mother Nature
had a choice to make.

4. Humans could either have accurate
brains that were really slow, or
inaccurate brains that were really fast.

5. And because we were in an
environment with a bunch of
instinctive driven predators, taking a
long time to come to a decision wasn't
the best strategy.

6. This is why we tend to generalize,
delete, and distort, as they say in NLP.

7. This is why we also never really have
anything close to a full understanding
of what's going on around us.

8. For the most part, this works out
pretty well.

9. While it is a good idea to think things
through a little bit, and avoid leaping
before you look, it's never a good idea
to think too long.

10. One pretty good skill to have is a sense
of balance.

11. You need to know enough about a
situation to feel you've got a decent
chance of coming out ahead, but
you've also got to be able to move
forward when the time comes, even
though you may not have all the
information.

12. Naturally, it's easy to over or under
compensate.

13. Too much thinking leaves you stuck.

14. Too little thinking gets you into
trouble.

15. Those that consistently act when they
know just enough to get going
generally do much better.

16. They realize that you'll never know
everything.

17. They also realize that even if you mess
up, you'll gain valuable insight.

18. Not only about the world, but about
yourself.

19. Make no mistake, this is a very, very
rare skill.

20. I used to know a guy that barely
escaped from a Southeast Asian
country as it collapsed into
communism.

21. He was a genius in electrical
engineering.

22. But he was also able to make decisions
when nobody else could.

23. Pretty soon he was the "go to guy"
whenever his company was up against
a fork in the road.

24. Because of this skill, this ability to
balance knowledge and risk, and move
forward with confidence, he was paid
a LOT more than if he'd ONLY been a
genius electrical engineer.

25. This is one of those rare "meta skills"
that few people even know exist.

26. One that will take you much, much
farther than any "content-based" skill.

27. The ability to act.

28. To make decisions.

29. To learn from every action.

30. If you can do this, the world will
follow.

31. mindpersuasion.com/frame-control/