019 - Why You Can't Make a Decision
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2016
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we talk about indecision, who is affected by it, and what we can all do to improve our ability to make faster decisions. But you don’t have to worry about this decision because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
In This Episode:
- The state that makes it hard for us to make decisions.
- What we can all do to increase our decision making ability.
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1. Write down something that makes you feel ambivalent.
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Resources:
Why So Many People Can’t Make Decisions
Shirley S. Wang
wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703694204575518200704692936
Dealing with Uncertainty: How to Cope with Ambivalence and Decision-Making
Paula Durlofsky
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| 0:00.0 | In This episode we talk about Indecision, who is affected by it, and what we can all do to improve our ability to make faster decisions. |
| 0:09.0 | But you don't have to worry about this decision because you are now listening to tiny leaves big |
| 0:15.6 | changes. Today's song is Edge of the World by Ivan B and featuring Nicky Heaton. I chose this song for a couple of reasons. |
| 0:31.0 | Great production, great lyrics, and most importantly beautiful |
| 0:34.8 | vocals. Enjoy this one. Check out the artist link in the resources and let's jump |
| 0:39.7 | into the episode. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps Big Changes, where I share simple research-back |
| 0:58.6 | strategies you can use to get more out of your life. |
| 1:02.4 | My name is Greg Klunis and making decisions isn't |
| 1:05.7 | always easy. How do you know it's the right choice? What if something goes wrong? |
| 1:10.7 | What if you don't have all the information? Every day these thoughts |
| 1:15.7 | and others like it stream through the minds of people all over the planet and for good reason. |
| 1:21.8 | Decisions have a weird way about them of seeming very final even if they |
| 1:26.2 | aren't that big of a deal. So it makes sense that so many of us struggle with making a choice |
| 1:32.0 | and moving forward. What's interesting though is that the research |
| 1:35.5 | shows that some people may actually be more likely to struggle with indecision than others. |
| 1:50.0 | In a 2010 article titled Why so many people can't make decisions, why so many people can't make decisions, written by Shirley S. Wang and published on the Wall Street |
| 1:55.9 | Journal website, she writes, people who often have conflicting feelings about situations, |
| 2:02.3 | the shades of gray thinkers, have more of what psychologists |
| 2:05.7 | call ambivalence, while those who tend toward unequivocal views have less ambivalence. |
| 2:12.0 | High ambivalence may be useful in some situations and low |
| 2:15.5 | ambivalence in others, researchers say. And although people don't fall neatly into one |
| 2:21.2 | camp or the other, in general, individuals who tend toward |
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