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  • 16 - Overcoming Indecisiveness by Understanding What Causes It

  • from Part III - Applications, Examples, and Selected Topics
  • Harvey J. Langholtz, William & Mary
  • Book:
    Making Decisions: Analytics, Cognition, and Application
    Published online:
    23 October 2025
    Print publication:
    06 November 2025, pp 228-246

  • Summary

    Overcoming a feeling of indecisiveness is not just a question of understanding the mathematical models, strategies, and psychological aspects of decision-making. Indecision can be a valid and reasonable reaction to a specific situation or a particular question being asked. However, an ongoing feeling of indecisiveness may be rooted in the personality and self-perception of the individual. The feeling of indecisiveness may sometimes not be just a desire to make the best decision, but also a fear of making the wrong decision and the fear of being criticized by others for having made the wrong decision. This chapter will address the circumstances where indecision can be a very reasonable response to case-specific situations. But it will also examine the psychological underpinnings of a broader sense of indecisiveness, how fear can sometimes cause either indecisiveness or emotionally based and unexamined hasty decisions, as well as strategies for overcoming indecisiveness.