“Where do you want to go for lunch?”
“I don’t know. Where do you want to go?”
“I don’t know. Wherever you want.”
“I don’t care.”
This conversation happens too often.
If you can’t make simple decisions, how are you going to make the tough ones?
Too Much Time Not Making Decisions
Making a decision about where to go to lunch, or what to wear, or what to do tonight, should be easy. Yet, you probably spend way too much time coming up with simple answers to these questions.
The truth is there are very few decisions in our day-to-day lives that warrant extended time and thought. For those few life-altering choices, it may warrant some reflection, evaluation, and thought. (Where to live, whom to have a relationship with, etc.)
For the rest, make your choice and then own it.
Decision-making is a skill that needs to be developed the same as any other. Instead of wavering in “should, could, and would,” make a decision and then act on it.
Make Your Choices
If you don’t make decisions, then by default you are making a choice to be driftwood in life. You will end up wherever the world decides to take you, not necessarily where you want to end up.
“Choose to choose. And then own your choices.” (Tweet Quote)
Here are a few tips to help you spend less time making decisions and more time owning them:
- Make Them – There are very few decisions in life that are earth-shattering. Make your choice and do not waste time endlessly mulling non-important issues.
- Enjoy Them – Often, there is no such thing as a bad decision, only a bad attitude. After you have made a decision, choose to enjoy it even if it does not turn out exactly as you expected.
- Abide By and Own Them – You made the choice, now live with it. If it turns out to create more work for you, so be it. Deal with it. Take responsibility for it, and live with it.
- Learn From Them – If you are unhappy with your decision, learn from it. Decision making is a skill. You can make better choices next time.
Own Your Decisions
Making choices should be an enjoyable part of your day.
From the simple ones to the hard decisions, your choices are the one thing you control in life.
Spend less time making decisions and more time owning those decisions.
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Choose the best path for you. Decide your future now.
One Day at a Time 