Options, Screwing up

One thing critical to decision-making is probably this - when I don't like any of the options that I have before me, instead of picking the 'best' among them, I should probably try to come up with more options.

I have often had to justify my actions by saying - "that was the best option I had at that time"... We hear this statement from almost every person who screws up.

I think where I went wrong was this - it was Not in the decision-making process of which option was best, but in the decision-making process of which options I had.

(Below are related posts by Seth Godin - The decision before the decision , Getting unstuck: solving the perfect problem)