480: Make Any Decision in Under 60 Seconds
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Every confident decision starts with knowing when to say "no". Get the free guide: https://schoolofselfimage.com/pod-no
That email you've rewritten four times. The opportunity you've been "thinking about" for weeks. The decision that keeps you up at night – not because it's hard, but because you're terrified of getting it wrong.
Here's what I know: you're not indecisive. You're exhausted from running every choice through a thousand lenses – what will people think, what's the safe option, what if I'm wrong?
And while you're deliberating, time passes. Doors close. And you reinforce the one thing you don't want to believe: I can't trust myself.
In this episode, I'm sharing the five-question filter that lets me make any decision in under 60 seconds – and why learning to decide quickly and confidently might be the most valuable skill you ever develop.
Here's what we cover:
• Why indecision isn't a lack of intelligence but fear disguised as overthinking
• The hidden cost of not deciding: lost time, drained energy, missed opportunities, and weakened self-trust
• Why the most important decision isn't what you choose but how you choose to feel about it
• The power of a personal decision filter rooted in your values, vision, and standards
• How five simple questions can help you make a decision in under 60 seconds with clarity and alignment
• Why fast decisions don't require certainty but self-knowledge and trust
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| 0:00.0 | How long did it take you to decide what to wear this morning? What about that email you've been drafting |
| 0:05.6 | and redrafting for the past two days? Or maybe it's that opportunity that you're thinking about, |
| 0:11.6 | the one you've been thinking about for months now. Here's what I know. You're not indecisive. You're |
| 0:17.2 | exhausted. And let me tell you what you're exhausted from. You are exhausted from running every |
| 0:22.2 | decision through a thousand different lenses. What will people think? What's the right choice? What if I'm |
| 0:27.8 | wrong? What would she do? What's the safe option? And so while you're deliberating and researching |
| 0:33.9 | and asking for more opinions, guess what? Time is passing. You're missing out on |
| 0:39.3 | opportunities and you're reinforcing something that I know you don't want to be true. I can't trust |
| 0:44.8 | myself to decide. So in this episode, I'm sharing a tool, my decision filter that allows me to make |
| 0:51.9 | any decision in less than under 60 seconds and why learning to |
| 0:55.7 | decide quickly and confidently might be the most valuable skill you'll ever develop. So let's dive in. |
| 1:03.5 | Welcome to the School of Self Image, where our motto is simple. Elevate your self-image, |
| 1:09.1 | elevate your life. I'm Tanya Lee, your hostess, |
| 1:11.8 | and I'll guide you to become the woman who doesn't just dream bigger. She lives bigger. |
| 1:16.8 | Let's dive in. |
| 1:20.3 | Here's what I've observed after working with thousands of accomplished women. The women who struggle |
| 1:27.1 | with decisions aren't the ones who don't care. |
| 1:29.6 | They're actually the ones who care deeply. They're intelligent, they're thoughtful, they can see |
| 1:34.6 | multiple perspectives and possibilities. They understand nuance and consequences, and that's |
| 1:41.5 | exactly what slows them down, because here's what happens. Your brain |
| 1:46.4 | treats every decision like it's life or death. Every decision carries the possibility of being wrong, |
| 1:53.2 | and to your brain, being wrong equals danger. What if I choose the wrong path and waste time, |
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