The Worst Time to Make a Decision

Things are looking bad, you’re starting to feel desperate, and those voices in your head are getting louder and sounding more and more scared.

We all need to be realistic, and honest with ourselves. The first sign that things aren’t going how they should be, how we’ve been expecting them to go – whether it’s in our business or personal life – it’s time to Stop, Examine, Evaluate, and then Reboot.

Stop. Stop what you are doing, and take a step back. Take the position of a consultant or honest and blunt friend, and take the time to:

Examine. Examine exactly where you are in relation to where you expected to be. Are things going as planned (you did have a plan didn’t you!). What is the good and the bad of where you are right now, and then:

Evaluate. What do you need to do to get yourself back on track. What decisions/actions are you making that are helping your plan, which are hindering your plan. Be completely honest here. Remember it’s your future, your dream, your goal. If you truly want it, you want to put the effort in to it. No kidding yourself. Then:

Reboot. You’ve reset the parameters. You’ve made decisions on actions that will move you to that goal. You’ve chosen to stop doing things that were making it harder to get to the destination. You’ve perhaps moved some goal posts to deal with the actual situation you are in right now.

Goals are great. We all need a direction. And we all need to keep eyes, ears and hearts close to the road to be sure that we’re not heading off-course.

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