20240130 - Patience

Mindfulness makes you better at decision making. Some examples! Mindfulness practice helps you stay more present with the task at hand which naturally leads to more informed and thoughtful decisions. When you are more present with what you are doing you are more likely to earlier identify decisions that needs to be made, which prevents procrastination or impulsive reactions. Practising mindfulness helps you avoid sunk cost bias which leads to more rational decision making. As we have talked about a lot before, mindfulness helps you reduce stress and anxiety. This improves cognitive functions and your ability to analyse situations and weigh options effectively. When we are less emotionally reactive we are less likely to make impulsive decisions based on strong emotional reactions.