For the last six months, every time I think about writing a blog post, I get hit with what I call "F.O.M.O writers blocks" meaning I have too many ideas to write about - and am afraid of them all being the wrong ones, so I didn't write anything.
Now, here we are: Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 - and I still didn't have a blog post up yet!
Over the last 6 months, I've gone on an incredible personal development journey that started right around the time of my LAST blog post! It started with reading a number of spiritual books, as well as leadership books to grow in my spirituality, and my leadership (duh).
One of the number one things that leaders have to do - or they will fail - is making decisions.
Consistent, fast decision making is the number one thing that separates those who are a success from those who are not. Meaning: fear of missing out and decisions are the causes of most failure for leaders!
You see, when we are presented with many decisions, and we don't make any of them - we are effectively catalyzing failures.
The truth is, without action, failure is guaranteed, but the action has a precursor - called decision making. Every action always follows a decision, so the number one thing that prevents success that I've noticed is waiting too long to make decisions.
And here I am, six months later, still haven't decided what to write a blog post about - indecisive, and nothing.
Now I could beat myself up for this and get down on myself - or I can get over it quickly and start writing a blog post!
So here it is, my new year decision making an action. It's no longer ok for me not to write blog posts, so that's what I will be doing!
I've spent my whole life waiting for things to have the perfect scenarios for me to make decisions, and I realized - that waiting is what has held me back the most, more than anything else in my entire life!
It doesn't matter how successful you've been in the past: if you allow slow decision making to touch you - you will fail. And then you'll get a chance to learn the lesson that you have to make decisions faster.
So now, I have started only spending 2-3 minutes on making decisions, and maybe 5-10 minutes on more significant choices. If I need advice or feedback on something, I'll get it, weigh the options and make a decision.
You have to learn to make decisions - right or wrong - quickly - and do something. Not making a decision and staying right where you are will guarantee you will never progress and move forward.
Waiting to decide what questions to ask to get the input you need is one of the worst hamster wheels I see so many people on that I coach. It's time to stop doing that.
Start asking the questions you need to get the answers that will help you move the needle. If you've ruminated on a decision for weeks, it's time to stop doing that.
Make decisions quickly, and keep moving forward!
A great place to ask questions to help make decisions in your business is my #GrowYourLife community. You can join here: https://jeremiahkrakowski.com/community