Do you trust yourself to make effective, aligned, timely decisions in your business? Trusting yourself is truly a necessary foundational piece for business growth. Trusting yourself fully will 100% save you time, mental energy, and money.
What does it mean to “trust yourself”?
I have so many clients that get hung up on the details. Indecision often stems from perfectionism, fear of making the wrong move, and a tendency to overanalyze every possible outcome. Decision making boils down to self-trust, especially in our business.
It’s not about trusting yourself to get it right every time. It’s about knowing that even if you don’t get it right, you trust yourself to figure it out.
Here’s the truth: It’s just not always possible to KNOW how it’s going to pan out. We can make an aligned decision, a smart decision based on data and analytics, and we can listen to our gut and our mentors. BUT at the end of the day, we can’t control every outcome. Trusting yourself means that no matter where this decision takes me, I’m going to figure it out.
What about big decisions?
The bigger the decision, the more we tend to stress and delay. These include, creating a brand new offer, changing the structure of your business, hiring a team member, or investing in your business. When you have a big decision to make, it’s a good idea to filter that decision through a few key questions.
#1: Does this tick the needle toward my big vision?
First of all, be sure that you HAVE a big vision for your life and your business. You should know where you’re headed. We should all have a mountain top that we are headed towards. Remember, your business vision and your life vision should intertwine and overlap.
#2: Does this decision respect the boundaries I have?
Spoiler alert: You need to have boundaries if this filter is going to work. Here are some examples of boundaries that will factor in when you are making decisions: I will not work with this type of business owner. I will only offer my service this way. My work hours are set. I only communicate this way. Think about those boundaries that you have in place.
#3: Is there any fear, lack, or scarcity that is swaying my decision?
So many times we sit in indecision because we are fearful, and so many times that fear boils down to money. There is nothing wrong with being careful of your investments and with the money that’s going in and out of your business. But it becomes a problem when we allow fear and scarcity to impact and influence our decision making. If it was free, would you do it? If it was half the price, would you do it? These are also good filters to use to help us determine if our indecision is related to money. As a business owner, you have to invest in your business. The fear of spending the money and not seeing the return is a very real thing. But when you can clearly see how this investment will check all the other boxes, we are ultimately able to drop the fear.
#4: If this turns out to not be the best decision in the world, what’s at stake?
Let’s take ourselves through a worst-case scenario. What is the worst that could happen? If that happened, what would the solution be? If another thing in your intentional negative spiral happens, what’s the solution to THAT? This little “game” can allow us to really hone in on the risk, and whether it’s one that can be easily managed or absorbed if the worst happens. Trust yourself in the worst case scenario to still figure it out.
What about small decisions?
Mundane, small decisions have a way of keeping us stuck and stealing our time throughout the day.
They suck our energy and they steal our creativity. Examples of small decisions are things like, What do I write in this week’s email blast? Should I talk about this polarizing topic or that one? Should I reinforce a boundary with this client that they’re pushing? Should I offer this bonus or that bonus? Maybe I should I let this client go? Should I raise their prices or not? We’re just constantly inundated with these little decisions. There’s no way to eliminate little decisions, or issues that arise that require our decision-making skills, right?
Action is your best friend there. We need to stop saying, “I don’t really want to deal with that right now, I’ll come back to it.” This wastes so much energy. Remember, you need to trust that if it was the wrong decision, that you can fix it. And for the small decisions that are stealing your energy, they probably don’t amount to a hill of beans.
The answer to small decisions is always do it now. Do it right now. That doesn’t mean that as soon as it enters your mind, you’re doing it immediately, but it’s going on the list. You’re deciding what day you’re going to do it and then you’re just doing it. Draft the email, have the conversation, write the post, send it out. Stop overthinking all of these little things because they are stealing your energy. They’re stealing the creativity that you need to market and sell your business effectively.
Building Trust in Yourself
Every decision that you handle like a boss, will build trust in yourself. It gives you a history as a decisive and expert decision maker. You get to look back and say, “I made this scary decision, and this happened and it was great, or this happened, and I handled it. You can start building that kind trust in yourself – but you have to start. Don’t shy away from making those hard decisions, big or little.
I want you guys to challenge yourself this week to make a decision that scares you or to circle back to something that maybe you’ve been putting off because you were nervous or scared.
If you feel like you get stuck in this decision-making spiral all the time and you feel like you haven’t really seen growth in your business because you’re always stuck between, should I do this or should I do that, should I grow it this way or that way? Or maybe you desire something that’s bigger, bigger than you and you’re not sure if you can actually create a business around the life you want to have.
I want to encourage you to check out Grow Business and Marketing Academy because this is the program that takes you back to the core of who you are, what you want, and really makes you dig into the life and the business that you desire. THEN it helps you create a business that supports the life that you want to live. I want to help you create a business where you can work less and make more money.
