Give Me 30 Minutes and You Will Never Struggle With a Decision Again
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 28.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Do you find it hard to decide?
What usually makes it hard for you?
Today, Jay dives into two of the biggest roadblocks that keep us from living the life we want: overthinking and procrastination. If you’ve ever found yourself stuck on a decision for weeks, second-guessing every choice, or waiting for the “perfect” moment to act, you’re not alone. Jay reminds us that chasing absolute certainty, readiness, or approval often leaves us standing still. The reality is, confidence comes from taking action, not the other way around, and real transformation rarely feels comfortable.
Jay breaks down the seven steps to making smarter, faster, and more aligned decisions. You’ll learn to protect your mental energy by reducing decision fatigue, sort decisions so you stop treating small choices like life-or-death moments, and learn to trust your emotions before engaging logic. Jay introduces practical tools like the 10/10/10 game to shift your focus from short-term impulses to long-term clarity, regret simulations that guide you to choose integrity over fear, and identity questions that align your decisions with the person you want to become. Above all, Jay shows that the quickest way to reduce anxiety is not certainty, but action.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to Clear the Mental Clutter to Make Better Decisions
How to Tell the Difference Between Big & Small Decisions
How to Trust Your First Instinct Without Regret
How to Stop Letting Fear Make Your Choices
How to Stop Hesitating and Start Moving Forward
No matter what decision is weighing on you right now, remember this: indecision is still a decision, and staying stuck costs more than trying and getting it wrong. Take the next step, not when you’re ready, but so you can be ready.
With Love and Gratitude,
Jay Shetty
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What We Discuss:
00:00 Introduction
01:13 Stop Overthinking, Catch The Noise!
03:38 How Often Do You Make Decisions?
06:08 Tip: Make Big Decisions Early In The Day
07:23 Label Decisions Based On Importance
13:32 Feel First Then Think
16:20 Label Your Emotions & Decide With Clarity
17:54 10-10-10 Rule
18:57 Regret Simulation
20:27 The 3 Identity Questions
21:50 Decide Then Move Forward
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | Stop waiting till you're perfect. |
| 0:07.8 | Just start. |
| 0:09.2 | Stop waiting to feel certain. |
| 0:11.9 | Progress builds confidence. |
| 0:14.5 | Stop waiting till you feel ready. |
| 0:17.2 | Confidence comes after, not before. |
| 0:20.9 | Stop waiting till they approve. |
| 0:23.7 | Most people are too scared to even try. |
| 0:27.3 | Stop waiting for it to be easy. |
| 0:30.4 | What transforms you rarely is. |
| 0:33.6 | The number one health and wellness podcast. |
| 0:36.3 | Jay Shetty. |
| 0:37.1 | Jay Shetty. He won, The only. Jay Shetty. |
| 0:42.0 | Hey, everyone. It's Jay Shetty. Welcome back to On Purpose. If you haven't already, make sure you |
| 0:49.0 | subscribe. It makes a huge difference to us. And it makes sure you never miss an episode. |
| 0:55.8 | If you want to build a mindset that is prepared for the challenges that come up in the world |
| 1:01.8 | we live in, if you want to make sure that you have the habits to transform your life, |
| 1:07.1 | if you want to make sure that you have the inner world going in the same direction as your outer world |
| 1:13.8 | this is the place to be now how many of you overthink how many of you procrastinate and how many of |
| 1:24.3 | of you keep going round and round in circles with the same thoughts? |
| 1:30.1 | If you said yes to any of those, this episode is for you. It's all about creating a clear mind |
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