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🗓️ 25 December 2025
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Why is it so hard to make a decision? So many of us get stuck in a cycle of overthinking, second-guessing, or waiting for external validation before we can make a choice. So in this episode, I’m sharing why women often struggle with decisiveness and how our socialization shapes the way we approach decision-making and risk. You’ll learn why embracing decisiveness is crucial for creating the life you want and get practical tips for using self-coaching to make confident, purposeful decisions that align with your goals.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my friends. It may seem funny to share an episode about making decisions during one of the weeks of the year that most people are attempting to not make any decision more weighty than what kind of leftover pie to have for breakfast. But you know me. I like to plan ahead. And I think this week is the perfect time to start thinking about |
| 0:22.9 | 2026 and who you want to be in 2026. And so I wanted to revisit one of what I think is honestly my most |
| 0:30.8 | low-key, most profound, most helpful episodes. It kind of flies under the radar. Doesn't have the fame of perfectionist fantasy episode, |
| 0:40.0 | for instance, but it truly is a life-changing concept. And this episode is all about how to be |
| 0:47.0 | decisive. And specifically, I talk about choosing an acceptable error rate for yourself, |
| 0:52.9 | which on its face is incompatible with |
| 0:55.8 | perfectionism. The minute I talk about deciding how many errors you're willing to make, |
| 1:00.4 | how many mistakes you're willing to make, perfectionist brain immediately is like a hard now. |
| 1:06.1 | So even just opening up your mind to this concept is powerful, but if you really take it all the |
| 1:10.6 | way and you |
| 1:12.0 | really adopt the way that I talk about decisions and decision making in this episode, it's going to |
| 1:18.0 | change everything about 2026 for you. It is going to let you move forward in your life and actually |
| 1:24.2 | make decisions, take actions, make moves, and change things, even in areas where |
| 1:28.9 | you may have been stuck for months, for years, even decades. It's truly a reorientation |
| 1:35.3 | towards how we make decisions and how we think about ourselves as decision makers that changes |
| 1:40.9 | how you approach any decision in your life. So I actually think it is perfect for this |
| 1:46.0 | week. I don't like to just phone it in right before the holidays, release some kind of feel-good nonsense. |
| 1:52.3 | I really want you all to consider adopting this way of making decisions, even just for a year, |
| 1:58.7 | and see what happens to your life. And if you want to |
| 2:02.4 | really commit to making 2026 the year that you make progress on some of your biggest goals, |
| 2:08.6 | then I want you to consider making the decision, see what I did there, to come join us in a |
| 2:13.3 | confident life. This is my new year-long coaching program that teaches you the four cognitive and |
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