You Don’t Need More Time, You Need More Courage
Struggling with making a difficult decision? You don’t need more time. You need more courage.
I see this all the time... and I've done it myself way too often. Stalling on making a difficult decision and hiding behind the need for “more time” to make the right one.
Stop believing your own bullshit.
More time isn’t going to make your decision any easier.
It’s actually going to make it more difficult.
What you need is less time. You need urgency.
And what you really need is a lot more courage.
Because what’s genuinely preventing you from pulling the trigger is fear. Fear of the consequences of making the decision. Fear of being wrong. Fear of other people’s opinions. Fear of failure.
Fear of "What If?".
And the truth is, you’re never going to know the outcomes of the decisions you don't make.
Your decisions are never going to be “right” or “wrong”.
They are just going to be decisions that you make that lead to outcomes that become a part of your life’s journey.
“What If?” is a question you are never going to be able to answer, and a question you should not waste time asking yourself or thinking about.
So give yourself just enough time to consider all the surrounding facts to ensure you make the best possible decision given the circumstances, but once you’ve done your fact finding, don’t stall.
Make the decision. Pull the trigger. Take the leap.
And deal with the consequences; good, bad or indifferent.
Because the only way you’re going to be able face whatever is on the other side of your difficult decision is to make it.
And to own the consequences of it.
As one of my favorite poets, Erin Hanson, wrote so eloquently...
“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, what if you fly?”
You’re stronger than you think you are.
Take the leap.
If you know someone who would benefit from reading this, please forward it to them. It may change the trajectory of their life for the better, and the catalyst could be you.
