169. rational decisions

While people like to say they make rational decisions, no one really does. For example, you can look at two people encountering the exact same situation, each claiming they’re making a rational decision, yet their actions are completely different. If rational choice were universally understood, everyone would be making the same decision, leading to the same action. But they’re not. This is because we make up stories about what we do, those stories are our version of reality, and what we use to justify our actions.

We all see things differently, and the majority of the time that is okay. This doesn’t make your process of decision making any better or worse than the next person, as long as your version is working for you. However, if you are doing things that aren’t working, and denying it, that’s just delusion.