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Be Decisive | Scott H Young
Indecisive people
They act this way because they assume others will make better decisions for them.
They underestimate the power of this effective strategy and end up relying on the thinking power of others to survive.
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Being decisive
Being decisive is simply the most rational way to take on any problem.
Decisiveness means having the ability to decide with speed and clarity.
Decisiveness in uncertainty
The best decision is the best one you can make with the information available at the time.
Simply need to make a decision with the faulty information at hand and move forward. Waiting longer is just delaying the inevitable, so you must decide even in the face of uncertainty.
Facing the consequences
Most of the decisions you face will not have huge repercussions for mistakes.
Often you will face greater damages by making no decision at all then by making a bad one.
Decisiveness as a skill
You can learn and practice the skill of making firm decisions quickly.
- Minor decisions (what movie to see or restaurant to go to, should be made in thirty seconds to a minute.
- Major decisions should be made in less than five, even if that decision is to do more information gathering so that a decision of action can be made more effectively.
Decisiveness as an emotion
Decisiveness is similar to a feeling of confidence, strength and assuredness.
- You can modify the mental patterns by timing your decisions and recognizing that you need to decide firmly and quickly.
- You can modify your physiology by adopting the body posture, breathing and speech of someone who is decisive.
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How we deal with uncertainty
These are some of the common ways we habitually deal with the uncertainty of a decision. But none of them solve the problem for us:
- Doing some research.
- Writing out a pros and cons list.
- Asking a bunch of people about their opinion.
- Putting off the decision.
We are uncertain about
- What the best choice might be.
- Whether there will be negative consequences of the choice.
- Whether we’ll look dumb to others if we make the wrong choice.
- Whether we’ll feel dumb, or ripped off, and regret it for years to come.
- Whether we’ll be OK if we make the wrong choice.
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Outcome Based Thinking
When pursuing a dream you have the underlying assumption that when you reach it you will be happy. That is false.
Achieving goals doesn’t make you happy because achievements on their own hold no lasting emotional value. Only growth, fulfilment and passion has value.
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