Fail Fast Or Win Fast

Abdul Azeez
3 min readJul 16, 2018

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In life, we want to make the safest decision every time and as such, we try as much as possible to consider all the options that we have before making any decision. This is fine, but we sometimes wait too long and this is bad. It is important that we make decisions wisely, but to also make them as fast as we can.

Take life as a school where you can only get better with more practice, if you fail to take enough practice, you might just end up thinking you know something, but a simple example would floor you. Same as life, we are all practicing and it is important that we sometimes give up the fear and move on. No one can ever tell what the outcome would be, so try the best that is humanly possible, then make the decision and move on.

Spending too much time on making a decision is not a guarantee to make the best decision and also spending too little time is not. Realize that other factors also play a role in making decisions. So seek to find what those other factors in your decision are and stop focusing only on getting more time.

One other way to really make very good decisions and move on is to surround yourself with people you really look up to. Seek their advice on the matter and try to conclude as soon as you can. Many dreams are still in the waiting room waiting for the owners of the dreams to make up their minds. Not very sure what would happen, make the mistake and fail fast. When you fail, you get to learn that one more method does not work, and you have one less path to worry about.

Essentially, it matters that we consider our options before taking any decision, but never stay too long trying to make a decision. No one really knows the outcome and you would have to try before you find out. In the end, it is important that you realize that failure does not define who you are, it is just an event that happens even to the best of us. So look at the case closely, make a decision and move on.

If it is a bad decision, you learn from it. Then you never have to make the same mistake again. If it is a good decision, you have won and you have more time to do some other things. If you make so many bad decisions, you eventually would be left with making good decisions, and if you make good decisions quite enough, it means you have improved.

So it matters that we consider our decisions properly but never remain in a fix about making a decision. Make that decision today and move on. Learn from it and keep going. The goal is to fail as fast as you can, learn from your failure, and get better. So that you can make better decisions tomorrow.

Start now, consider your options. Make a decision, fail fast or win fast. Thanks and God Bless.

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Abdul Azeez
Abdul Azeez

Written by Abdul Azeez

A Java Developer By Day, Python Developer By Night. Becoming Better Day by Day is my Ambition

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