Be decisive
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Being decisive means that
Being decisive means that you have the ability to decide.
Decisiveness implies that you are the leader of your own life. It is both a skill you can build and an internal state you can summon when you need it. It certainly does not mean being stubborn, arrogant, or hasty.
On the contrary, decisiveness is simply the ability to decide with speed and clarity. Leadership requires that you are able to make key decisions effectively.
Way forward…Don’t look for
Way forward…
Don’t look for certainty in the world before deciding to act.
Be decisive and choose for yourself.
Don’t wait for others to make decisions for you. Operate from an internal source of strength and plan the right course of action.
Being decisive is simply
Being decisive is simply the most rational way to take on any problem.
You observe the available information and decide what would be the most successful course of action. If it is possible to get more information, you decide how to get it. If you can’t get more data, you simply decide with the facts available.
Decisiveness as a Skill
Decisiveness as a Skill
The ability to make firm decisions quickly is a skill that can be practiced. You can start by simply timing how long it takes you to make decisions.
Minor decisions, such as 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.
Once you get used to making decisions rapidly you will start to realize that clear, firm decision-making often results in better decisions than ones where you stew around with the same information over and over again.
Instead of being decisive,
Instead of being decisive, most people procrastinate. They don’t spend more time researching but simply avoid the decision entirely.
The reason people aren’t decisive isn’t that it is an effective strategy for problem-solving.
Indecisive people act that way simply because they assume others will make better decisions for them. These people end up being subjected to the whims of others and have to rely on the thinking power of others to survive.
Decisiveness as an EmotionDecisiveness
Decisiveness as an Emotion
Decisiveness is an emotion; a feeling similar to confidence, strength, and assuredness. Think back to a time when you felt particularly decisive. You probably stood tall with your head high and your breathing steady. Your movements were probably controlled and smooth. Your voice probably resonated and projected well, it likely wasn’t nasally and quiet.
You can feel decisive at any moment by triggering the same physiology and mental patterns of when you had felt decisive before or adopting the body posture, breathing, and speech of someone who is decisive.
Being decisive means recognizing
Being decisive means recognizing when you already have the best information you are going to get.
At this point, you 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.
You can’t know for sure whether your business idea will fail or succeed, you can gather information to help you refine it and to understand the risks, but ultimately you need to make a decision.
The majority of decisions
The majority of decisions you face will not have huge repercussions for mistakes. Often you will face greater damages by making no decision at all than by making a bad one.
A decisive person will learn from each decision so that the next one has a larger base of information and is more likely to be on target.