You Already Know How to Make That Decision

Sep 9, 2025

Scott shares insights from a recent conference, urging us to trust our innate decision-making skills. He compares our choices to a hero's journey, revealing that life is a story where we are the main characters facing dilemmas. With humor, he discusses the paralysis that comes from too many options, like restaurant menus! The key takeaway: taking action, even imperfectly, empowers us to make better decisions. Embrace your experiences and instincts to unlock your decision-making superpower!

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INSIGHT

Wisdom Accumulates With Age

Scott believes adults over 25 already possess the wisdom needed to make most decisions.
He argues accumulated life experience makes decision-making easier and more reliable.

ADVICE

Use Decision Speed As A Skill

Treat decision-making as your most dynamic personal-growth tool and practice deciding quickly.
Improve power by training yourself to make accurate, rapid choices instead of hesitating.

ANECDOTE

Paralyzed By Too Many Menu Choices

Scott shares a personal restaurant habit: he avoids menus with many choices because he freezes.
He solves it by ordering the chef's selection or letting his wife decide to get a quick result.

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You Already Know How to Make That Decision

September 9, 2025 | Episode - 5177

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Scott's back from an intense conference and fired up about decision making! Fresh off four and a half days of non-stop conversations, he's diving into why you're probably overthinking every choice you face.

The truth? You already know how to make decisions. You've got the wisdom, the experience, and the inner knowledge to figure out just about anything. Scott breaks down why we get stuck on the fence and how to tap into that decision-making superpower you were born with.

Featured Story

Scott takes us on a journey through the hero's journey - yes, like in the movies! He connects how every blockbuster film mirrors your decision-making process. From being a "hot mess" with a problem to eventually rising up and winning the day, Scott shows how taking action (even imperfect action) leads to the wisdom you need to make better decisions. Plus, he confesses his own decision-making kryptonite: restaurants with too many choices!

Important Points

You already possess the wisdom to make most decisions if you're over 25 years old and have lived through enough life experiences.

Decision-making is your most dynamic tool in your personal growth toolkit, and the ability to decide quickly and accurately is incredibly powerful.

Getting into action mode helps you gather the information needed to make logical decisions, rather than sitting on the fence getting "splinters on your butt."

Memorable Quotes

"I actually believe that you pretty much know how to make a decision. I think you have all the information you need to make a decision."

"Decision-making is the most dynamic tool you have in your personal growth toolkit."

"Everything you do has already been figured out. Your job is simply to get those emotions aside and get into action mode."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Lean on your inner wisdom and the experience you've gained over your lifetime instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.

Get into action mode by taking steps toward what you want to figure out, which will help you gather the information needed for logical decisions.

Stop sitting on the fence and choose action over analysis paralysis, trusting that you'll figure it out as you go.

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