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by entee 1584 days ago
As a fellow perfectionist who has started a company, one thing that has helped me is realizing that most decisions are a lot more reversible than they appear. Even in the legal and financial domain, most things that you might obsess over are fixable if you make a mistake, and decent lawyers will tell you which ones you really have to avoid. Sometimes it'll cost you money and time, but the biggest cost is avoiding making decisions.

Always remember, no decision is a decision. Usually that's the worst choice because almost any decision, even a wrong one, at least moves the ball in some direction, allowing you to gather more information. The only guarantee in this game is that stasis will kill you, so bias towards action. When in doubt, try to evaluate "most probable bad outcome" which is different from "worst possible outcome".

Good luck!

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I feel like this is actually really good advice, thanks for taking the time to respond!