Don’t Walk Away – Decide NOW!

July 3rd, 2008         Email This Post Email This Post       

Most things we do involve making many decisions. We often fear making a mistake or giving up an opportunity. When we need to make decisions, even small ones, we may get an urge to stop and walk away. Often, we just don’t want to deal with it.

However, you probably won’t want to sit back down to your work until you decide. You won’t want to spend the time getting back into the background info and all the options, weighing them all – again – in your head. The longer you push it off, the less certain you will feel – which will further prevent you from making a decision.

Here are some ideas that may help you decide:

Deciding To Walk Away Is A Decision!
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a decision!”

Sometimes, It’s Not A Big Deal
How much difference is there between the options you are considering? We don’t get stuck considering a bad option vs a good option. We only get stuck if the options are both good! If the difference isn’t that big, just choose one and move on. It’s not worth your energy to worry about it.

Delaying Can Hurt
Often, if we can’t decide, the whole project needs to be put on hold. Is this decision large enough to warrant putting everything on hold? If not, just choose one and move on. Don’t let it break the momentum.

Get More Information
Call someone for some advice. Search online for how other people handled a similar thing. Write out the pros and cons of each option.

 

If you make it a habit to decide right away, you will save yourself lots of time and energy!

 

Note: For large decisions, you may legitimately want to sleep on it. But make sure to actually decide the next day, otherwise you will just be using this as an excuse to push off deciding!

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