Two things that came to mind for me while reading were:
Patients is most definitely a virtue in heavily tailed setting.
One might want to keep in mind that rejecting a bad/suboptimal option is not failure so don’t let that get to you.
I think the idea of having a target (how good the sought after X should be) is pretty critical in the search activity. But I also think in most situations one finds themself you are not looking for one spot to fill. So sorting one’s needs that are to be filled into a distribution (perhaps normal?) with something of a targeted mean/median might be good too. For instance in a hiring case once you’re past a rather small size multiple positions will likely be open—particularly in a growth stage. Looking for those “best” fits for everything might not allow success of the organization.
Two things that came to mind for me while reading were:
Patients is most definitely a virtue in heavily tailed setting.
One might want to keep in mind that rejecting a bad/suboptimal option is not failure so don’t let that get to you.
I think the idea of having a target (how good the sought after X should be) is pretty critical in the search activity. But I also think in most situations one finds themself you are not looking for one spot to fill. So sorting one’s needs that are to be filled into a distribution (perhaps normal?) with something of a targeted mean/median might be good too. For instance in a hiring case once you’re past a rather small size multiple positions will likely be open—particularly in a growth stage. Looking for those “best” fits for everything might not allow success of the organization.