10 Steps to Make Better, Faster & Smarter Decisions!

how do I make better decisions if you've ever struggled with decision making or knowing whether you've made it the right or wrong one or you're looking for a process and a strategy that you could utilize to make better decisions in your life instead of worrying about making the right decision why don't you just worry about making the decision right all you can do is really control the process and strategy you have of making a decision and then you've got to sort of let the chips fall where they may we've really developed in our culture I believe a really false belief system that paralyzes people from calling shots from making decisions from being decisive in general and that is that one will work and one won't one's right one's wrong what if you started to adopt the belief system that maybe both would work that you don't have this fear that if I call the wrong shot everything's going to be terrible there have been plenty of times in my life and yours where both decisions could work you got to develop this ability within you this belief system in you that you will make the decisions you make work or you'll correct them as you go but what paralyzes people what holds them back is this fear that what if I make the wrong decision and often times in life there isn't a wrong you're going to have to work on both of them anyways but I want to say it to you again instead of worrying about making the right decision why don't you just worry about making the decision right and that comes down to believing that you have some influence or that there's going to be some blessing over which way you go and that all you can control is your intention and your process and the information you gather to make the decision process proc over prize don't worry about getting it right worry about your process what I do is I go through this process I have these thoughts I have these strategies that about making great decisions but either way I'm going to go to work as if I know I've made the right one cuz most times in life it's not always wrong now there are times there's an exception to that you just called the wrong shot you got it wrong and then what's cool about life is you can then make a new decision to go on a new course and change direction and fix the one that didn't work out one decision can literally change your [Music] life so hey guys are you frustrated with where you're at right now maybe stunted in your progress well if you are I want to recommend a place for you to go called growth day growth day. com sled it is the number one personal development app on the planet it's got all kinds of high performance techniques in there courses accountability journaling live speeches from some of the top influencers in the world including me it's an overall environment to change your life growth. com sled all right welcome back to the show everybody so I'm so excited today because I get a chance to answer one of your questions that I get asked the most about which is how do I make better decisions so if you've ever struggled with decision making or knowing whether you've made it the right or wrong one or you're looking for a process and a strategy that you could utilize to make better decisions in your life I'm here to try to help you with that today as best I can the first thing when it comes to making decisions is the overall belief system about making them and so let me say this to you first write this down instead of worrying about making the right decision why don't you just worry about making the decision right what I mean by that is all you can do is really control the process and strategy you have of making a decision and then you've got to sort of let the chips fall where they may we've really developed in our culture I believe a really false belief system that paralyzes people from calling shots from making decisions from being decisive in general and that is that one will work and one won't one's right one's wrong now there are times in life where you know obviously something's right to do and is wrong to do but when it comes to decision making what if you started to adopt the belief system that maybe both would work that you don't have this fear that if I call the wrong shot everything's going to be terrible there have been plenty of times in my life and yours where both decisions could work left or right will work up or down will work that fork in the road you got to develop this ability within you this belief system in you that you will make the decisions you make work or you'll correct them as you go but what paralyzes people what holds them back is this fear that what if I make the wrong decision and often times in life there isn't a wrong you're going to have to work on both of them anyways so I'm going to give you a strategy but I want to say it to you again instead of woring about making the right decision why don't you just worry about making the decision right okay and that comes down to believing that you have some influence or that there's going to be some blessing over which way you go and that all you can control is your intention and your process and the information you gather to make the decision please don't take this beginning Point lightly I have developed in my life of all the different things I've wins and losses I've had in my life a true belief that I'm going to call a shot I'm going to execute it with ferocity and one way or the other I'm going to make this work this frees me up to be creative to be Innovative to be certain about what I do as opposed to timid decisions you know nothing is worse than the right decision made with timidity I'd almost rather make the decision that may not have been completely correct but with certainty and aggressiveness and focus and Faith then I would making the perfect decision in a very timid way with a bunch of fear behind it probably one of the challenges you have is this internal fear of Doing It Wrong of getting the wrong calling the wrong shot of coloring outside the lines of all the way back to Childhood you're going to get get in trouble if you call the wrong shot and the truth of the matter is you probably could make them both work you and God partnering so write this down too process over prize don't worry about getting it right worry about your process I've developed a process I'm going to give you guys now sort of 10 things 10 steps to consider in making great decisions and what I do is I go through this process I have these thoughts I have these strategies that about making great decisions but either way I'm going to go to work as if I know I've made the right one because most time times in life it's not always wrong yeah there are times there's an exception to that you just called the wrong shot you got it wrong and then what's cool about life is you can then make a new decision to go on a new course and change direction and fix the one that didn't work out right one decision in your life can alter the direction of it I wrote The Power of One More you guys know in my book and I I have this philosophy that one decision can literally change your life so let's talk about how to make those decisions so I'm going to give you 10 steps here to effective decision making these are some of them are thoughts and some of them are tactical strategies so number one great decisions are made with certainty and that's why it's so important to have that belief I've given you first certainty equals influence you make two people and they're having a discussion a debate almost always the more certain person will influence the less certain person as long as there's some form of Rapport there and the reason that that matters is life has a lot to do with certainty and influence when you're up at the Batters box and you're a professional athlete and you're totally certain you're locked in and can hit this pitch you're going to get the maximum amount of your ability compared to the person who's in a slump who gets up there wondering and doubting and isn't sure my hands in the right places same with any athlete whether becomes to putting CEOs and Leadership parenting anything in life certainty equals influence and so great decisions are made with certainty now one of the ways that you can have tremendous certainty is by having a process that you believe in that I'm going to give you now but never forget this once you call the shot implement it with ferocity with confidence with strength with faith it has a way it has a tendency of making an imperfect decision work out just fine listen to me on this this certainty thing is huge when you call a shot in your life number two great decisions are timely you've got to make them in the right time too many people hesitate and process information too long and miss the moment I can tell you especially in business timing is truly everything and most people are late you know I talk about the four DS that will hold you back in your life doubt discouragement right delusion and delay delay is a big one on making decisions most people they try to wait and wait and wait hoping they never have to make the decision and they've missed the right moment of execution there is a rhythm and a Cadence to success and that Rhythm and Cadence has some something to do with the timeliness of it and if you wait too long you hesitate you miss the moment and you could actually make the right decision at the wrong time and so that's why having a process where you evaluate information and you develop the muscle of just calling shots of making decisions I'm not suggesting you be Cavalier and not process information when you see the rest of these steps you're going to know full well that you're not going to make a decision out of a lack of information but at some point you got to call the shot and often times you do need to rely on your discernment on your gut Instinct on intuition backed up by facts but you can't always have all the information if you're waiting around to gather it all someone else is beating you by calling a shot I can tell you that the successful people that I know in my life are more decisive than the unsuccessful the happy people in my life are more happy because they are more decisive and they have their timeliness down and timing down in their life over the people who wait who hesitate who miss the moment who are waiting too long long to call a shot because they're afraid because they lack number one which is certainty so certainty is number one in making great decisions great decisions number two are timely third great decisions are communicated well there's something to the power of communicating a decision well nothing's more frustrating than when you're with a leader who does not communicate why they did something or what what's it going to mean once we get there so the communication aspect of decision-making is huge uge that you communicate it with strength with confidence with Clarity Clarity and too often in life see I actually believe this people don't always have to even believe what you're saying they have to believe you believe what you're saying and that's why certainty matters and your ability to communicate it think about anybody that you admire politically or that you don't admire one of the frustrating things is their inability to communicate why they do things and when you don't communicate why you're making a decision you've left it up to Skeptics critics and naysayers to Define why you made that decision a lack of communication and why a decision was made or how a decision was made or even more importantly in some cases what it will mean if we Institute it correctly is everything in life and in business even as a parent I've always seen you know myself with my children when I've got a discipline them I've made a decision I want to sit down and communicate clearly why I made it what it's going to mean to our family and not just because I'm in charge not just because I'm your dad or just because I'm the CEO of the company that's not good enough that's a weak level of communication that's an arrogant level of communication so communicate it with strength with humility with conviction and if you can explain your reasoning you don't have to explain every reason but if you can explain why it gives context to the decision and it helps people execute on their role and the implementation of whatever shot it is that you've called lack of communication right or complexity see often times complexity is the enemy of execution you've made it too complicated you haven't communicated well a great communicator takes complicated things and makes it simple poor communicators make simple things seem very complicated or confusing I want things to be clear when I communicate with people it's a huge part of making the decision work one way or the other so when I say earlier there may not be a right or a wrong or a good or a bad that comes down to your ability to communicate in a 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