“When I’ve heard all I need to make a decision, I don’t take a vote.  I make a decision.”

~Ronald Reagan

In every decision making process there comes a time when enough information has been collected, enough opinions have been gathered, and enough discussions have taken place.  This is the point when it’s time to make a decision.

Yet so often we want to gather more information or simply wait before actually deciding.  Sure, we can give ourselves plenty of good reasons why we don’t make a decision, but I think all those reasons likely boil down to fear.  Maybe it’s fear of failing, of making the wrong choice, or of looking foolish in front of others. Whatever the motivation, fear can cripple our ability to make decisions.

One thought that always helps me make a decision in the face of fear, is that if I make the wrong decision, I can always change course.

The large majority of the decisions we face aren’t life and death.  As we’re making decisions to live our best lives, we can always, and should always, make course corrections in the wake of our previous decisions.

Instead of being fearful about decisions, let’s remember that we should:

• Make decisions when we have what we need to do so
• Assess how we’re doing
• Decide what changes we need to make
• Repeat this process throughout our lives

Let’s not squander the blessings we have in our freedom to make decisions.  Nor should we relinquish that freedom by allowing someone else to make our decisions for us.  Instead, when we have all we need to make a decision, let’s do so with the confidence that we can always adjust as needed.