I’m not a good decision-maker. Well, that’s not true. I make good choices, but when it comes to the decision-making process, I’m like a deer in headlights. The analytical person in me questions every option of a decision and every what-if scenario that comes with it. It’s exhausting and makes it tempting to pass the decision off to someone else. (To give you further insight into why decision-making is particularly hard for me, know that I am a nine on the enneagram—if you don’t know what this is, be on the lookout later this month for a review of Leadercast’s book of the month, The Road Back to You by Ian Cron and Suzanne Stabile.)
This year, I was faced with the incredibly huge decision to leave a job I loved as content manager at Leadercast to venture out on my own as a freelance writer, editor and content creator. Several factors went into my decision, but the biggest reason was my infant son. I needed more flexibility in my hours to be able to parent to the capacity I wanted to parent, something a full-time gig couldn’t provide. I needed to set my own schedule and reduce the number of hours I was working to care for my son full-time.
We all face a vast array of decisions throughout our lives. Yours probably look very different than mine, or maybe they look really similar; no matter what decision you face, here are my tips, backed by some of Leadercast’s expert leaders, for working through it and finding clarity.