‘He/she who hesitates is lost’…..really?
We have all heard of the fight or flight response. Two options, not much information, stress mounting, time critical decision. Yes or no? Go backward or forward? Left or right? Buy or sell? Fight or flight? What is often forgotten when people talk about fight or flight is the third response – not making a decision (perhaps because in nature, where Walter Cannon first described the response, those animals that hesitate don’t survive).