Recently I’ve been exploring the tools for success. Do you know what it boils down to?
Decision making.
Successful people make decisions.
And they make them a heck of a lot faster than I do.
I’m not so great at making decisions. Pretty terrible in fact. I’ll be honest, I’d be horrible for jury duty.
I over analyze and overthink everything. I’m so afraid of making the wrong decisions that sometimes I often avoid making any decision at all.
Until I heard someone say, “No decision, is a decision,” and I thought, “Wow, how true is that?’
I struggled and struggled with the decision to end my marriage. Even though things were terrible at times, the boys loved their father. He played football with them in the backyard on warm fall days, leaves swirling around them in the breeze. On snowy days in the winter, he would take a break from shoveling the driveway and build epic snow mountains for them to conquer and launch themselves off of.
I felt like I needed the right reason, the right situation, the perfect scenario to finally convince myself it was okay to leave. Well, that moment finally came, and it was ugly. In hindsight, I had every right and reason to leave before that. I was delaying the inevitable.
Why does being able to make a decision matter?
Because successful people are making 10 decisions in the time it takes me to make one. I’m talking, small decisions, big decisions, everyday decisions.
What does that mean?
That means even if only three of their decisions worked in their favor, they have made three decisions vs. my one.
By the end of a day, that adds up to a lot, by the end of the week, even more.
The end of the month, the end of the year? Unimaginable.
So I’m making a change. I’m deciding. I’m being uncomfortable. I’m learning how to be okay with making the wrong decision. I’m challenging myself to make decisions on things I would have hemmed and hawed over. Telling myself to look at the bigger picture.
Will I make a few bad choices along the way? Sure.
But am I able to move forward at a faster pace? Absolutely.
Do you see how this can tie into taking baby steps towards your goals? Baby steps only work if you’re taking action. (More on Baby Steps here)
When I started this blog, I needed to make some decisions( ha, let’s be honest, A LOT of decisions). There were themes and logos and website stuff, what to write about each week, and what kind of people I’m trying to reach. So much more than I anticipated, and I probably took longer than I needed to on some- but I’m trying.
I still second guess myself. I still feel uncomfortable. I can live with that.
In order to reach my goals I have to “do”. I need to take action.
Are you taking action? Or are you letting fear of the wrong choice hold you back?
Today, make a small decision you have been putting off. Heck, if you’re up for it, make two!
Pick the paint color, donate those pants you never wear, pick an exercise program and go for it! No matter what it is, you’re making forward progress! Keep it up!
Comment below and let me know what decision you made today- big or small, I’d love to hear!
