{"id":7322,"date":"2025-04-22T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annemiekesemmeling.com\/?p=7322"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:10:58","slug":"when-doing-nothing-is-the-bravest-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annemiekesemmeling.com\/en\/2025\/04\/when-doing-nothing-is-the-bravest-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"When Doing Nothing Is the Bravest Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The commission bias<\/strong> is a psychological phenomenon that makes us more inclined to take action \u2014 even when doing nothing would be the better choice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Action feels safer. More responsible. More moral.<\/p>

Even when the facts don\u2019t support it.<\/p>

You probably recognize the impulse to step in during stress or conflict, even though the situation might resolve more clearly \u2014 even naturally \u2014 without intervention.<\/p>

Doing nothing can be hard work.<\/p>

The psychology behind it:<\/p>

\ud83d\udd3b Responsibility: If you act and things go wrong, it feels less painful than doing nothing and things going wrong.<\/p>

\ud83d\udd3b Social perception: Action is seen as decisive, engaged, responsible.<\/p>

\ud83d\udd3b Control: Taking action makes us feel more competent \u2014 even when it\u2019s objectively unnecessary.<\/p>

Stress activates our need for control. And action becomes our automatic response.<\/p>

But effective leadership?
That often requires the opposite: slowing down, observing, resisting the urge to jump in \u2014 going against the grain of the commission bias.<\/p>

The challenge?<\/p>

Daring not to act.
Not reacting. Not fixing.
Pausing. Watching. Slowing down.<\/p>

Creating space before you choose.<\/p>

Because right there \u2014 in that space of nothing \u2014 true leadership often emerges.<\/p>

The difference between automatic reaction and conscious leadership.<\/p>

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The commission bias is a psychological phenomenon that makes us more inclined to take action \u2014 even when doing nothing would be the better choice.<\/p>\n

Action feels safer. More responsible. More moral.<\/p>\n

Even when the facts don\u2019t support it.<\/p>\n

You probably recognize the impulse to step in during stress or conflict, even though the situation might resolve more clearly \u2014 even naturally \u2014 without intervention.<\/p>\n

Doing nothing can be hard work.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhen Doing Nothing Is the Bravest Thing - Anne-Mieke Semmeling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The commission bias is a psychological phenomenon that makes us more inclined to take action \u2014 even when doing nothing would be the better choice. 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