Have you ever tried to make a decision without having explored your options, and found that new options keep cropping up; and as you work towards a decision you seem to keep moving further from the decision you are trying to make? This may be because you did not get all of the options out in the open before starting to choose between them. You might find the Fan - Explore - Focus model useful.
I have explained the model on Slideshare:
...Geoff
www.performancepeople.com.au