Daily we make tons of decisions- most are fairly inconsequential. How do we focus on the vital without being distracted by the immediate? It starts with prioritization, making decisive decisions.
[callout]This episode originally appeared on the Family Before Fortune Podcast which is now the Modern Leadership Podcast. To listen to Modern Leadership click here. To see the Family Before Fortune Podcast archive click here.[/callout]
Episode Summary: Decisive Decisions
Seven steps to making decisions that impact productivity and accomplishment
- Determine what the real question is – get clear on what you really want
- Is this a head choice or a heart choice?
- Make decision with information available
- Sometimes it will be incomplete
- Does the decision need to be made?
- Surround yourself with strength – but be the leader
- Accept responsibility for the outcome
- Not always popular
- You will make mistakes
Book on The Shelf
[callout]Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes[/callout]
Learning From Leaders
[shareable cite=”Stewart B. Johnson”]Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves – to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays by our todays, to do our work with more force than ever before[/shareable]