Some weeks, the hardest part isn’t the workload—it’s the indecision.
You toggle between options, replay scenarios in your head, and second-guess yourself until every path feels risky.
We’ve all been there.
Meet Alex—not a client, but a composite of people we coach every day. Smart, driven, and stuck. Alex has been circling the same decision for weeks: whether to take a leadership opportunity that could double his workload but fast-track his career.
The question isn’t really what to choose—it’s how to choose without overthinking it to death.
Step 1: Get the Noise Out of Your Head
Alex’s first move wasn’t research or advice-seeking—it was silence.
He turned off notifications, sat with a notepad, and wrote the question at the top:
“What am I actually deciding?”
Often, half of indecision comes from chasing too many sub-questions. When you name the real decision, things start to untangle.
Step 2: Define Your Decision Filters
We often tell our clients: Clarity comes from criteria.
Alex listed what mattered most to him right now—growth, time freedom, and team culture.
When he compared each option to those three filters, one path aligned beautifully.
The other checked only one box—and that made the choice clearer than he expected.
Step 3: Commit for 24 Hours, Then Re-check
Before acting, Alex decided to live as if he’d already made the choice.
For 24 hours, he imagined saying yes—then the next day, imagined saying no.
By the end, his body told him what his brain couldn’t: relief followed one scenario, tension followed the other.
Your intuition often needs structure to speak up.
Step 4: Decide, Then Support the Decision
Once he chose, Alex’s focus shifted from “Is this right?” to “How do I make it work?”
That’s where confidence grows—not from certainty, but from commitment.
From the Coaches
Decision-making gets harder the more capable you become, because the stakes rise with your success.
When we face big decisions ourselves, we use the same three tools: clarity of question, clear filters, and a 24-hour gut check.
They turn analysis paralysis into forward motion.
Call to Action
If you’re circling a decision this week, pause the noise.
Write the question, name your filters, and give yourself one day of imagined commitment.
Clarity often follows action, not before it.