Frozen by indecision?
Get unstuck with one of these 7 simple tactics:
Get unstuck with one of these 7 simple tactics:
1/ Burn the Ships
Sail to an island and burn your ship upon landing, guess what you'll do?
Figure it out.
How can you irreversibly commit?
-> Write the check?
-> Set the date?
Remarkable stories of human ingenuity start this way.
Sail to an island and burn your ship upon landing, guess what you'll do?
Figure it out.
How can you irreversibly commit?
-> Write the check?
-> Set the date?
Remarkable stories of human ingenuity start this way.
2/ Empty the Buckets
Write down every factor swimming in your head.
-> Bucket them into categories.
-> Rank the buckets in importance.
-> Eliminate all buckets but the Top 3.
Which direction do the remaining three favor?
We often let details distract from what matters.
Write down every factor swimming in your head.
-> Bucket them into categories.
-> Rank the buckets in importance.
-> Eliminate all buckets but the Top 3.
Which direction do the remaining three favor?
We often let details distract from what matters.
3/ Flip a Coin
Leave the decision to pure chance?
Not exactly.
Flip it and while that coin turns, listen to the quiet voice in your heart:
Are you rooting for heads or tails?
That's your answer.
Leave the decision to pure chance?
Not exactly.
Flip it and while that coin turns, listen to the quiet voice in your heart:
Are you rooting for heads or tails?
That's your answer.
4/ Sell Nothing
Many hard decisions are rooted in fear of committing capital:
Your money, reputation, or time.
So sell the concept & then build the product:
-> Build a landing page for signups
-> Start after newsletter after 1,000 enroll
Find cheap ways to buy down fear.
Many hard decisions are rooted in fear of committing capital:
Your money, reputation, or time.
So sell the concept & then build the product:
-> Build a landing page for signups
-> Start after newsletter after 1,000 enroll
Find cheap ways to buy down fear.
5/ Find a Partner
Journies can be lonely, so have someone ride shotgun.
Direct partner:
-> they're in it with you
-> more input, more confidence
Parallel partner:
-> similar journey, similar path
-> travel buddy & accountability partner
Journies can be lonely, so have someone ride shotgun.
Direct partner:
-> they're in it with you
-> more input, more confidence
Parallel partner:
-> similar journey, similar path
-> travel buddy & accountability partner
6/ Commit to Today
Our brains aren't programmed for 10-year thinking.
They want you to survive today.
So don't fight it.
Find that step you can take today and take it.
Show your lizard brain you'll be ok.
Take that step again tomorrow.
Our brains aren't programmed for 10-year thinking.
They want you to survive today.
So don't fight it.
Find that step you can take today and take it.
Show your lizard brain you'll be ok.
Take that step again tomorrow.
7/ Price Your Indecision
We're wired to worry: losing >> winning.
See also: Loss Aversion
But you're only pricing one side: the decision.
So what are you losing by NOT deciding:
-> Self-esteem
-> Wasted cycles
-> Opportunity costs
Be deliberate, but be balanced.
We're wired to worry: losing >> winning.
See also: Loss Aversion
But you're only pricing one side: the decision.
So what are you losing by NOT deciding:
-> Self-esteem
-> Wasted cycles
-> Opportunity costs
Be deliberate, but be balanced.
Most importantly, remember:
Deciding is not doing. You'll achieve through action, not aspiration.
If you found these tactics helpful:
1. Follow me @dklineii for leadership lessons & management tactics
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Deciding is not doing. You'll achieve through action, not aspiration.
If you found these tactics helpful:
1. Follow me @dklineii for leadership lessons & management tactics
2. RT the tweet below to share with your community
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