Would you like to become a better decision maker? If yes, you’re really going to enjoy this quick tip I learned to step out of any fear, fatigue or stress and gain a larger perspective.
I learned this from Michael Hall, Ph.D. who took this from the book Decisive: How to Make Better Decisions in Life & Work, who borrowed this from Suzy Welch and with the amount of how many times this is being passed around by respectable people you can imagine how valuable this tool with be for you in terms of your decision making.
This tip is called the 10-10-10 rule which consists of 3 simple questions you can ask yourself to get some perspective on a decision.
The three questions are:
- How will I feel about this decision in 10 minutes
- How will I feel about this decision in 10 months
- How will I feel about this decision in 10 years?
As soon as I learned about this process I applied it to a couple of decisions I had made in the past that I had made and explored how this would have made a difference as well as a big decision I was facing in the moment and learned a lot.
When you ask yourself these questions you might realize that for certain decisions you might feel really good about it in the short term, but in the long term it’s probably not the best decision.
On the other hand you may realize that if I make this decision it may be difficult for 10 minutes or 10 months but in 10 years its really going to be worth it.
One of the problems that we have as human beings when making decisions is that we operate by only short term thinking or we may not be in the best state to make a decision and by asking yourself these three simple questions you can gain some perspective and make a more thorough and well thought out choice for yourself.
I hope you found this tip as valuable as I have and I encourage you to try it out right now:
Think about a decision you have made in the past or a decision you are currently facing in your life and run it thought this 10-10-10 process. How does this/would this impact your decision? What value did you get out of this process? Let us know in the comments!
- If you made a decision right now to use this process with your large decisions moving out into the future, how would that impact you in 10 minutes? 10 months? 10 years?
Feel free to leave your questions and comments here 🙂
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