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# Right tool for the job
- URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/right-tool-for-the-job/
- Published: 2025-06-05T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-03T11:06:42.000Z
- Description: Making decisions: when to use ‘Processing mode’ 🤖
- Author: Giles P Croft
- Tags: Decision-making, IMPLICATIONS, Metaphor, Neuroscience, #vm-promo, #store cta, Wisdom, Video, Thought realisation, Richard Carlson, Psychology, Productivity, Procrastination

In [yesterday’s Daily Reminder](https://www.gilespcroft.com/its-not-all-bad-in-there/) I suggested that the outputs of the mind aren’t all bad.

That’s because we have two distinct modes of thinking:

- **Processing** mode 🤖
- **Free-flowing** mode 🌊

And it’s only when we confuse the two, or use the wrong one for the wrong job, that we get into difficulty.

This is never more evident than when it comes to **Decision-making**.

As I point out in this week’s [short video clip](https://youtu.be/jSeyqGlXsGo?ref=gilespcroft.com):

Excerpt taken from my [Decision-Making Video Masterclass](https://gilespcroft.link/decisions/?ref=gilespcroft.com)

Choice quote:

> *“If I don't immediately know what to do about a difficult work situation, I might process the problem over and over again in my mind with no insight into the situation, to the detriment of other work, relationships, and my sleep.”*

So often in life, if we (i.e. the H.E.C. or Human Ego Construct 📦) get out of the way and let life do its thing, we find answers coming to us with relative ease, to even the most difficult of problems.

And seeing when NOT to use Processing Mode is *way* more than half the battle!

💟

Giles

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[Can’t make up your mindMaking decisions: when to use ‘Free-flow mode’ 🌊![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/icon/DR_Lockup-Black-3-498.png)The Daily RemindersGiles P Croft![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/thumbnail/2025-06-12-Can-t-make-up-your-mind.JPG)](https://www.gilespcroft.com/cant-make-up-your-mind/)

A look at the **other* mode of thinking we have at our disposal