Patrick Mosher describes getting stuck deciding whether to turn back for a forgotten iPad on the way to a hotel meeting. He sat paralyzed for minutes, weighing pros and cons, realizing that doing nothing was itself a choice that hurt both options.
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I want you to think about, this isn't my story, this is our story. So I get in the car and then I'm ready to go over and meet them at the hotel they're at. And I was like, but there's this iPad. Right? And it's like, and if they're here all day today and then I've got this today and as you know with that kind of stuff, The longer you leave an iPad sitting someplace, chances of getting it goes down. And so I literally sat in the car, and I don't know how you are with this kind of stuff, but I kind of got frozen in the, I should go, but I should go get that. Okay, take a deep breath. Now which one should I do? And I did that for about like 5 or 6 or 7 minutes, which is an eternity. Have you ever done that kind of like— It's better if I move. It's actually hurting both things if I don't move, but I can't decide which one to do. Are you going with me on this thing? Sure. I want you to think about— this isn't my story. This is our story.