GUIDANCE
We often want GUIDANCE. Something to help us choose a direction, but not interfere with our will to choose.
Consider you are traveling. You stop to ask for directions and someone tells you about an alternate route that will add ten minutes to your travel time but you will see some wonderful views. You may choose to follow that GUIDANCE and feel good about it. If we change the scenario and you are told you have to take the alternate route because your planned route is blocked, do you feel different about it?
Whether seeking wisdom for ourselves or seeking WISDM (well-informed shared decision-making) for our patients (for those of us who are health care professionals) or seeking WISDM for ourselves (when we are making decisions while seeking professional advice), we want GUIDANCE, not RULES.
I previously posted: I would rather be a GUIDE than a RULER. …