“People waste too much time making decisions. They get stuck making a decision. That time is gone forever. Test the waters and try the thing you are thinking about right now to make it even just a tiny fragment of what you hope it will one day be. You start collecting data immediately to figure out if you actually like doing it.”

“The big things that hold people back from getting into action are fear, regret, reluctance to change, and a worry that what you choose will be worse than what you have now.”

“When you make decisions that are not in line with your values, you're just taking a shortcut to being unhappy.”

“Risk assessment is an uphill battle because we’re often attached to the situation that we’re in. It’s hard to make a big change, and we often think about the worst case scenarios and not as much time thinking about the best case scenarios. Often, the worst case scenario is the one that you are living.”

“When making a decision, it’s helpful to take a step back, zoom out, and look at the actual facts of the situation. Often, we focus on all the terrible things that might happen.”

“The fear of regret really slows people down. We want to win and not regret our decisions. But, we can regret the time we spend making a decision. We cannot predict what is going to happen. So, you can spend six months or a year trying to make a decision and then do it and find out it doesn't work out, or you could try it right now and then pivot in six months or a year, but you'll actually have the answer.”

“Separate the decision from the outcome of the decision. We're making decisions with the information we have right now. We're just taking our best educated guess about what we should do. The decision is 100% percent within our control, and you can make a good decision. The outcome of the decision is not always within our control.”

“The time spent making the decision is not correlated to the quality of the decision. People often think that the more time they spend making a decision, the better decision will be. The opposite is often true. We don't want to make rushed decisions, but after you’ve considered your options there comes a point where there is no new information coming in. I tell clients to give themselves a time frame to make the big decision, and then cut that time in half.”   

“When making a big decision, make an empowering shift from “what if” to “even if” to create an imaginary safety net that reminds you that you have the ability to figure it out no matter what happens. This enables you to be bold with your choices.”

“Take the biggest possible action towards your goal. Get your courage up for one hour and take a big irrevocable step forward and see what happens. Then you're forced to follow through on it. Or you can have another six months of agonizing and worrying and being unsure and then have to do the hard thing anyway. Do the hard bit now so you can get to the good bit sooner.”