The number of decisions we make in a day is staggering. That’s why it’s important to develop a mindset for making quick decisions. For the big decisions, if you don’t get good at it, regrets could follow. Often decision-making is riddled with hesitation, indecisiveness, anxiety, confusion, worry or fear. The longer you contemplate without reaching a decision, you get increasingly weighed down by the process. When you are finally ready to commit to a decision it may be too late and have missed your window of opportunity.
To avoid this predicament, below are some practical ways that can help you decide faster and develop a mindset for making sound decisions fast.
Limit your options
Look at the pros and cons of each one and stick with one. The more those options stay in your thoughts, the longer it takes for you to make a decision.
Draw a line between good and bad
Avoid being emotional. Think about yourself first but consider both sides of the situation and what could be lost if you don’t make a decision fast.
Listen to your gut feeling and follow it with immediate action
Sometimes we brush thoughts aside because we don’t feel they’re urgent. When we make up our minds and decide to act on them, it’s often too late – the opportunity has passed. If doing it has no negative impact at that moment, you shouldn’t delay it.
Think of your time and energy
Indecision burns time and energy and leaves you unable to trust yourself in the long run. Think of the time and energy you’re wasting and stop internally arguing with yourself.
Know that decisiveness grows with each decision
It’s true, practice makes things permanent. Over time, as you try to make quick decisions, you become more and more decisive.
Remember that indecision “kills”
Know the downside of indecision. Think of what you may lose that you may never gain back. It could cause you to lose golden opportunities, freedom, and other precious things in your life.
Life is full of decisions. Some, you make for yourself. Some, others make for you. Deciding faster and better requires you to have a system in place. A good decision-making system allows you to learn from the past, make good choices for the present and plan effectively for the future.
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