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.
Theotis Matthews
My decision-making skills have been shaped by a diverse background, including experience as a retail manager and courier before venturing into the janitorial industry. The fast-paced nature of these roles demanded quick thinking and the ability to make on-the-spot decisions. As a retail manager, I learned to prioritize effectively amidst customer demands and staff management. Read more>>
Melissa Cowan Rattray
In developing my decision-making skills, I have embraced a multifaceted approach that revolves around my positive attitude, goal-oriented mindset, and my passion for helping others. Here’s how I cultivated and honed my decision-making skills: Read more>>
Kimi Tortuga
One of the most fundamental questions I ask myself when approaching a fork in the road is “what’s the worst thing that can happen?” I got the idea from Diane Dreher, the author of “The Tao of Inner Peace.” I don’t mention Taoism to parade my philosophical practices before you all. It’s only to say that Taoism has provided me with the means to see beyond humanity’s mainstream frontier of dreaming. Asking this question allows me to see to the end of a hypothetical situation so that I may better guage the consequences of my choices, good, bad, and neutral. Read more>>
Jason Frierson
How did I develop my decision making skills? I would say that I developed those skills while going to college and working in sales in my early career because you have to be quick when making decisions. I say that because in sales, sometimes you have to view it both ways and by that I mean from the other persons shoes and your shoes. Sometimes, if you take too long to make a decision it can complicate things and make it harder for you to make said decision. For me, to make a decision I need only the important things like mainly the top three most important things and with that information I can view all options within a couple minutes. Read more>>
Brandi Thomas
Decision making skills are a never ending aspect of business that I keep learning. As creatives, we have to use emotion to LITERALLY create our art, emotion is what we try to convey in our art. When we make our art ‘THE BUSINESS’ then emotion has to be eliminated from business decisions. We come to love our clients, some even become close friends or business associates. I allowed emotion to dictate how I operated business for a while. Read more>>
Gianna Roscoe
For me, decision-making is a combination of trusting my gut and safe-guarding my time. For the gut piece, if anything is giving me pause (is this the right way, is there a potential blocker), then I investigate and ask a lot of follow up questions for where a root cause of pause could be coming from. For time management, I really do my best to not overcommit, I try to stay in the “maybe” zone until I can fully commit to a roadmap to a promise. Read more>>
