In the West, we’re trained from an early age to see the world in stark binaries. Stories have saintly heroes and dastardly villains. Tests have correct answers and incorrect guesses. People are either glass-half-full optimists or glass-half-empty pessimists. Kids are artsy or athletic, left-brained or right-brained, book-smart or street-smart.

It’s all crap.

The world isn’t black and white—it’s a mess. A blur. A constant collision of trade-offs, contradictions, and chaos.

Yet the need to be “right” is so ingrained in us that we still seek the one perfect move, the one flawless strategy.

That mindset can paralyze you as you sink into a quagmire of overthinking, second-guessing, and waiting for clarity that never comes.

Unless you’re considering something outside the bounds of morality or ethics, here’s the truth: there is no “right” answer.

You don’t win by being “right.”

You win by being bold enough to choose—and relentless enough to see it through.