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Beyond Success

Why Smart, Successful People Struggle to Make Life's Biggest Decisions

Dec 20, 2024
23:10

Do you struggle making tough decisions because indecision is easier? While this is something everyone confronts at one point or another, it comes with a steep cost: 

While indecision might feel like it provides relief in the short term, it eventually erodes your confidence, your relationships, and your ability to lead. It also creates a ripple effect that extends to every other aspect of your life. 

Worst part?

Indecision is a slow poison and you might not realize the sabotaging effects it has immediately. In fact, it’s common to only realize its effects until it’s too late: After you’re served divorce papers, get laid off from your job, or realize you hate the life you’ve created for yourself. 

But it doesn't have to be this way. There are three key steps to becoming more decisive, so you can avoid the gut-wrenching pain that always comes with indecision. 

And by the end of this episode, you’ll know exactly how to do this. 

Listen now. 

Show Highlights Include:

  • This “invisible power” is your most valuable tool for creating the life you want (2:18) 
  • The single biggest mistake you’re making in your relationship that leads to regret, resentment, stagnation, and breaking up (3:13)
  • How imperfect and even downright incorrect decisions are better for your mental health, career, and marriage than avoiding decisions (4:52)  
  • Why “keeping the peace” in your relationship is a surefire way to get handed divorce papers (8:10) 
  • 3 ways to hone “Radical Responsibility” that allow you to take full control over your relationships, career, and life (10:31)
  • The insidious "Death Anxiety” trap many people fall into that slowly poisons their fulfillment of life (and how to overcome this psychological fear) (14:15) 

For more about David Tian, go here: https://www.davidtianphd.com/about/ 

Emotional Mastery is David Tian's step-by-step system to transform, regulate, and control your emotions... so that you can master yourself, your interactions with others, and your relationships... and live a life worth living. Learn more here: https://www.davidtianphd.com/emotionalmastery 

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