Unlock Your Confidence Your most valuable asset is time. Wherever you are … launching your life, parenting in the trenches, thinking about a career change, in retirement, or somewhere in between, what we all have in common is time and the amount that we have in a day....

Give yourself a deadline. Are you declaring a decision or committing to a decision you have made? Both are distinct states for the decision maker. If you missed it, last week I talked about declaring a decision. That's when you say, “I have a decision to make!”  You...

I have a decision to make! Do you ever find yourself realizing you need to make a decision and almost immediately beating yourself up because you ‘need’ to take action? The last couple of weeks I've been talking about Decisives and Possibilitarians, two different...

You know what, I think you've got enough. Last week, I talked about the kind of decision maker who is a ‘Decisive’ and comes to closure quickly on a decision. Frankly, I envy those who can just make a decision and act. It can seem like their life is easy. But by...

Get more out of your decisions This past week I was at a writer’s conference in New Orleans and somebody asked me a really important question.  “Why are some people decisive and others just can’t make decisions”  I want to spend two Thoughtful Thursdays on this idea -...

What could go wrong  in our decision making Last week I talked about the Negativity Bias and how it can trip us up internally as individuals. We sometimes see what we lack instead of what’s possible.  The Negativity Bias is a cognitive bias where we give more weight...

That’s the Negativity Bias What is it about negative experiences or information that pulls us out of good decision making? It’s easier for us to think about the ‘downside’ of a decision… the bad things that could happen. And our brains give far more weight to the...

The Salience Effect is a bias that gets us “in the feels” & pulls us out of good decision making. Receive quality information. Sign up for our free interview series that arrives in your inbox. https://clarity4action.org/thriving-daily-registration/

What is important to you? Getting stuck in the Status Quo and in the trajectory of your life right now is such a human problem!  Maybe you dream about areas you want to shift out of the status quo. But in reality creating the inertia to change can be a real challenge....

it can get me in the feels! This past weekend I had an adventure. I was with a bunch of welders at a big convention and one of them asked me, “How do you help your kids who are in their 20s?” Being a mom can feel high stakes when my kids are struggling or asking for...