Each of us was put in this world for a particular reason. Some of us are lucky enough to find out our purpose here on Earth and will work long and hard to see it accomplished. Yet there are some who are still in limbo when it comes to deciding what is going on and what to do with their lives.

Although I have found what I want to do with my life, at times I feel like I don’t have a clue what is going on and why certain events occur. I don’t think that I’m the only one having these thoughts running through my mind. I’m pretty damn sure that you do too.

Sometimes I see the need of planning and order when it comes to certain important and delicate matters. Other times I couldn’t really care about planning and throw all caution to the wind and be surprised by the outcome (and paid for it for more than one occasion let me assure you).

Like I said, I agree that in certain situations, planning and logic is essential. Then again I read this book written by Malcolm Gladwell entitled “Blink”. This book is about making snap decisions and the reasoning behind it. In this book, he said that sometimes too much information can do more harm than good. It may be planning to buy a piece of clothing or hiring a person for an important position in your company to even winning a war.

So I was wondering whether I could apply this knowledge from this book into my everyday life. I am fully aware that in my particular choice of a career, snap decisions can get you fired, even arrested for patient negligence. But believe it or not, snap decisions do apply even to medicine. Google up Goldman’s Equation on the internet if you don’t believe me.

However we have to look at the negative side of making snap decisions. Warren Harding, became the President of the

United States

in the fall of 1920. Many of his supporters agreed that Harding would make a great president and due to that they unanimously put his name up for the presidential candidacy. The thing is that they thought he would be a ‘great-looking’ president. Here is a picture of him for you judge for yourselves.

Historians however think otherwise. Warren Harding after 2 years as the President of the United States before dying of stroke, was regarded as the worst president in American history which now is rivaled by the current one (in my humble opinion).

There were a lot of mistakes where I wished I could turn back the hands of time and make it right again. Most of these things involved me acting too soon or too late. I believe that a Higher Power has placed me and everyone else here for some particular purpose to fulfill. At times we may feel that we get thrown off track due to some stupid decisions we made either by thinking too long before acting or not making them snappy enough. I believe that to make the right decisions, one must hear the point of views from the experts and layman but trust in one’s instinct when making the final decision.