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You’ll never grow your influence without this one critical move: Make bad decisions.
(Wait, what??) Yes… you heard me right.
Preventing bad decisions won’t save your reputation. It will prevent you from having one at all. Diverse professionals can get stuck in a thinking loop…
Thinking it will get them to the best place.
→ But delaying a decision doesn’t help you.
It makes you look unsure.
→ Management doesn’t trust over-analyzers.
They want progress, not hesitation.
“Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.”
Why does this happen?
→ You’re doubting yourself.
→ You’re afraid to make the wrong move.
→ You think more information = more certainty.
What it’s actually costing you:
→ Limiting your exposure
(You’re showing up less often)
→ Slowing your advancement
(You’d learn, even with the wrong decisions)
→ Keeping you overworked and undervalued
(Stuck in a cycle of struggle)
To rise beyond your current level, you need to make more decisions. That means, making decisions with the best information you have, now.
Create momentum, learning, & progress.
A bad decision is better than no decision.
(Except in legal and safety).
Take a stance.
Take a chance.
“Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.”
Mark Twain
American writer, humorist, and essayist
