3 Keys to Make Better Decisions in Your Business
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. We’ve all heard that saying right?
And its true. Doubt does kill a lot of dreams but you know what kills just as many?
INDECISION.
Yes, all that to-ing and fro-ing with your business and business idea.
❌ “Maybe I should give it a go but maybe it's safer to stay where I am.”
❌ “Maybe i'll get started in the new year/when i've got my next bonus/when the kids start nursery/when i've moved house (you get the idea).”
❌ “Maybe i'll invest in myself or maybe I should try and figure things out on my own first.”
These are some of the thoughts that keep us in indecision and stop us from moving forward because so often staying stuck is an easier option as we don’t have to commit to anything.
Yes it's scary making a commitment and a decision because that means you actually have to get out of your comfort zone and DO the thing.
But without that you stay stuck in your current reality and don't take a step towards your dreams - still feeling stagnant in no mans land.
Honing your decision making skills is one of the key things to do as an entrepreneur. Napolean Hill says in Think & Grow Rich
““Successful people make decisions quickly and change their minds slowly””
Each time you make a decision you take a step forward. When you are moving forward is when you make progress.
Delay the decisions, delay the progress.
Decision making is so important in fact, Mark Zuckerberg is famously known to wear the same t-shirt every day to avoid decision fatigue and to focus his energy on the more important decisions at work. The same was true for Steve Jobs of Apple.
So how do you get better at making decisions? Here’s 3 tips to set you on your way.
Get used to following the fear.
Often we delay a decision because we are scared or second guessing the outcome but that is often precisely what we need to do to get out of our comfort zone.
Check in with yourself that it’s not the fear voice talking and take action. Get into the habit of asking yuourself where the indecision is coming from. Is it because you genuinely don’t know or is it because you are refraining from making the decision due to some underlying fear?
2. Actively build your decision making muscle.
Start bringing awareness to how you make decisions.
Do you decide quickly or do you need to talk through with 20 different people and write 6 pages of pros and cons.
If it’s the latter start practising better decision making. Start with the small things and build up the muscle from there. A small thing you can start with for example is being more decisive with what you want to eat when you go to a restaurant when you typically take a long time. Instead of “I don’t know what to eat?”, “what are you having?” conversations make the decision quicker.
Apply this principle to other smaller decisions you make so that you will build up to making quicker decisions.
So have a think right now. Where do you take forever to make a decision that you can start practing this exercise on?
3. Learn to trust your intuition.
Many times we already know what the right decision is for us intuitively but we drown this out to be more practical or realistic or not to “act on a whim” only to look back with hindsight and say “I knew I should have done that”. Get used to listening to the inner voice and get confident following it.
If you’re not able to access your intuition at the moment then start getting into the habit today of listening. Your intuition can’t be heard if you don’t listen to it. Spend a little bit of quiet time each day pay attention to what your intuition is saying. Incorporate a meditation practice in your to silence the inner critic and the negative thoughts so you can hear your intuition better.
Being decisive and honing your decision making ability is a wonderful skill and one that will serve you well if you take time to develop it.
So today let me ask you this?
❓Where are you letting your indecision stop you from moving forward towards your dreams and desires?
❓What one decision, have you been holding off on, which if you made today, would make the biggest impact for you when it comes to making your business happen?
If getting support has been on your list and you've been stalling but you know that you are READY to change all that then I've opened up some slots in my calendar for a 1-1 Business Builder Session for the woman who is DONE with standing on the sidelines and is ready to take decisive action.
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Hey, I'm Tasmin! I'm a Mindset & Business Confidence Coach for new and aspiring female entrepreneurs. I help overcome their fears and ramp up their confidence so that they can escape the corporate drudgery and create a life and business on their terms.
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