Decision making can be stressful and anxiety inducing, but the ability to make decisions quickly is often what separates the most effective leaders from others. We connected with some of the best and brightest do-ers we know and asked them how they developed their decision-making skills.
Ayşe Derin Ergenç
My journey to developing my decision-making skills and techniques has been long, interesting, and full of adventure. I used to be someone who overthought, was indecisive, and, even if I made a decision, would feel a bit of regret afterward. Especially when I was tired, I would often experience decision paralysis, and I had a deep fear of making mistakes. Read more>>
Klaire Maranto
There’s a lot of decision making that happens when being a business owner. In fact, every thing you do is based upon a decision you had to make. For me, I am a huge fan of pros and cons lists. Whenever I have a decision whether big or small, I will write down everything that’s going on in my brain and categorize it as a “this is the positive” and “this is the negative” to this current situation. I like to see my options weighed out for me on a piece of paper. Read more>>
Xiang Ma
Usually, when I’m cultivating my decision – making skills, I often follow a formula which has three principles. The first principle is that when I make a decision on something, I need to know whether this thing can bring my advantages and strengths into play. The second principle is whether it conforms to the characteristics of Internet traffic. That is to say, whether what I’m doing can enable me to accumulate the secrets and skills for Internet traffic. The third thing is whether it complies with the trend of this era and whether it has prospects in the future. Read more>>
Nicholas Pudjarminta
My current philosophy on decision-making is to balance creative intuition with the guardrails of logical reasoning. I’ll share a story of how I came to this conclusion! Throughout my life I’ve explored several creative endeavors like game design, filmmaking, contemporary dance, and painting. I see these disciplines as being very improvisational and feeling-oriented. When I’m designing a game or choreographing a dance, ideas often come in the form of feelings. I think “That felt good” or “That didn’t feel right”. My subconscious does the work pulling from my past experiences to make quick connections. Read more>>
Dr. Lachelle Wieme
After years of reading books, listening to podcasts, and having conversations with successful people, one theme kept emerging. Success requires us to CHOOSE to rise above our circumstances and figure out a way. We can either be victims to life or we can choose to figure it out. Unfortunately, many people, including myself often get stuck inside pressure behind the choices. Fear of failure, rejection, unworthiness stalls progress. The cycle of indecision, analysis paralysis, procrastination, perfectionism and overthinking create the quicksand that sabotages progress. Read more>>
