Indecisiveness is not about laziness, but a fear of making mistakes and disappointing others. The constant mental equations involved in decision-making often stem from an unconscious fear of choosing wrong. Psychologists use tools like the Frost Indecisiveness Scale to measure indecisiveness, which focuses on aspects like postponing decisions, worrying about making mistakes, and struggling with trivial decisions.
Our inability to make decisions is wasting our time, keeping us acting from a place of fear and stuck in a life we don't want! It's also not entirely our fault and often stems from unconscious mechanisms, neuroticism and fears that we haven't recognised. In today's episode we break down:
- Why you struggle to make decisions
- The consequences of our chronic indecisiveness
- Perfection and indecision
- Choice overload
- A fear of failure
- How to overcome your indecisiveness using the 80/20 rule
- The 'trusted advisor' method
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