I completely agree that the decision to wait for later to make a decision is valid, and extremely important in many cases. Decisions should be made with as much information as possible.

What does not work is to wring your hands and worry and think that if we wait to make the decision it will get easier. -Michael

I knew what to do about the dog, not that I had practiced, so it was all theory. But, we stood their facing each other down eyeball to eyeball. Intellect, struggling with the primal reactionary brain, the fear.

Yes, it was belief that kept me from being attacked. The fear was still there in the infrastructure. Making the decisions on how to deal with the situation conqured the internal fear, and that alone let the dog relax, disengage, and find something more interesting to do.

Waiting wasn’t an option. But, my optionis arose, because in my past I took the time to read some survial manual, particularly a section about how to deal with a large dog. Reading that stuff was a proactive decision.

Decisions arrive. If the information has already arrived, you’re better off. If you have to act right now, then commit to the act and act. If you don’t have to act now, define the desired outcomes, then influence the environment to achieve those outcomes. Influencing requires action. So when a decision arrives, we always take some action, even if it is inaction. Decide not to act. Just don’t let a situation run out without making a decision to act or wait. You can decide to wait, and schedule the decision for a later date. Then, let it go until then.

Control is like a codec that we might use to make something analog into something digital. We have to take the uncontrolled situation into a controlled situation. All it takes is a decision.

Make the decision. Take the action, even if the action is to wait. Then, if you are waiting, let it go until the scheduled moment when you revisit the decision.