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Ann Garcia Principle
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Last discussed Oct 15, 2026
A decision-making heuristic: spend few of your 'energy units' researching a decision and most of them making the chosen decision the right one.
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When Keeping Your Options Open Is Riskier Than Making A Commitment - Kitces & Carl Ep 201
Carl Richards · Oct 15, 2026
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Used for: Making decisions without over-researching them
Praised: Shifts energy from analysis toward committing and making the choice work
vs: Contrasted with people who spend 8 of 10 units researching a decision
"Let's just pretend you have 10 units of energy to make a decision and then live with it... A lot of people will spend eight of those units researching the decision before they make it... And Ann was like, no, I make the decision and then spend all..."
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