A lesson on decisions

You're presented 2 boxes: Box A and Box B.

One of the boxes has a million dollars in it.  The other contains a box of Smores Pop Tarts.

You're truthfully told that Box A has a 55% chance of having the money.  You have to choose one.  

What do you do?

You pick box A.  You open it up.  GARRR!  It's the pop tarts!

Did you make a bad decision?  Most people would say so.  In fact they might live their entire lives regretting it, and wishing that they had chosen Box B instead.

But the quality of your decision is outcome independent.  Hindsight is 20/20.

In fact, in retrospect based on the intelligence you had, you made the best decision. The perfect decision.  

Dont' worry.  Keep making good decisions, and good outcomes are bound to follow.

So eat the pop tarts.  Enjoy them.  And pat yourself on the back for a job well done.  

Comments

[Mr Rational]

"Did you make a bad decision? Most people would say so."

Would *most* people really think that you had made a bad decision?

Perhaps most readers of this blog wouldn't have done.

[Janine]

This post is simple yet the lesson that you will get with that short situation is very nice. For me, the lesson in here is not to live with regrets and don't blame others for making a bad decision. Actually, even if thousands of people tell you that it wrong to choose box B. and your feeling is on Box A. You choose box B because that what others tells you. Then you realize its the Box A. Then you blame others..For what?

Janine

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[Onitsuka Tiger]

Don't worry too much about the ambiguous future, just make effort for explicit being present.Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

[Air Force 1]

Time management is really a misnomer - the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.