Waiting feels safer because an open decision can't be wrong yet. As long as you haven't chosen, nobody can judge your choice. That includes you.
Take a client who costs you more than they bring in. For three weeks you've known you will end the contract. Every Monday you reread the numbers, and every Monday they tell you the same thing.
That isn't a knowledge problem. It's an exposure problem. Once you decide, the choice becomes a verdict on your judgement, and waiting keeps that verdict off the table. You have the clarity. It just has no safe way out yet.
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