Introduction
How do you make more confident decisions? Do you know the steps?
If you are having trouble feeling confident in your actions and wish you had an unwavering self-belief in your decisions, possibly it is time to look at your decision-making process. Decisions made impulsively or without careful thought might not always turn out the way you hope they will.
Of course, there is something to be said for instinct and even ‘dumb luck.’ But what if good decisions were inevitable rather than occasional? Envision for a moment how it would feel to know you are right before you even act.
5 Steps to Make More Confident Decisions
This is because there are certain steps you should be going through to make more confident decisions. Let us take a look at those 5 steps now:
- Start with an Open Mind
- Get the Facts
- Visualize the Future Result
- Get Another Opinion
- Take Action
We will tick off the 5 decision-making steps that yield confident, clear choices and improve outcomes…
1. Start with an Open Mind
Do you automatically have all the answers? Probably not. Some of your beliefs might be biased, faulty, or illogical. Accepting you might have things to learn is the first and most crucial step to making decisions. Take a step back from everything but the raw facts regarding what you are trying to decide.
2. Get the Facts
Do you have all the information you need to make an informed decision? Are there things you need to learn? What about examining the options? Have you considered multiple solutions? Take time to put in the work to gather what you need to proceed with confidence.
3. Visualize the Future Result
Once you have some choices in mind, try to imagine how they are going to play out. Sometimes what looks good might be a great temporary solution, but you are going to need to do something different in the long run. If you make a certain decision right now, ask yourself if this will still be a good decision in the morning? What about next week? Or next year?
4. Get Another Opinion
Do you have a mentor or a work associate you can trust whom you could talk to about this? While you might skip this step on the small decisions, it is worth having another worker you trust weigh in with their opinion when you are contemplating how to make a big decision. They might see something you are missing.
5. Take Action
Sometimes the hardest part of making more confident decisions lies in making the actual decision. It is tempting to go back over the research a few more times or keep looking for other alternatives. At some point, you are going to need to act. Take your best solution and move forward with it with confidence. You have done all the work. Now comes the part where you put this newfound trust in yourself into action and make more confident decisions.
Conclusion
And those are the 5 steps for how you make more confident decisions. The best part? The more you run through this decision-making process, the more confident you will feel about making decisions in the first place. And going forward you will possess the correct steps in the process to make more confident decisions.
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