Master This Skill if You Want to Succeed

One of the greatest business lessons you will ever get is going to the start with a 5 or 6 year old for them to buy something.  

Recently, we were at the store picking up groceries and some odds and ends and my wife told our 6 year-old daughter that she could pick out a coloring book to get.  If you have kids, I bet you can imagine what happened next.  For next 15-20 minutes we sat there while the little tyke went back and forth on every single coloring book they had on display - picking almost every one and starting to put it in the cart only to stop and go back and pick a new one.  

I watched amused as this went on and my wife, who had started to whole thing, go more annoyed to the point she had to do a countdown from 10 or my daughter was going to have the forfeit the book.  It literally came down to the wire where on "1" she grabbed one and said "This one!"  Of course, as we walked away, she started to second guess herself, etc.

As I watched and thought about this, it occurred to me that a big lesson was unfolding before me.  A lesson that anyone who wants to truly succeed must learn and skill they must practice.  The lesson?  How to make decisions.  Great leaders and successful entrepreneurs are decisive.  They have the ability to look at all the angles in the moment and weight the consequences of the outcomes of their decisions on something quickly and act.

This is something I have practiced hard over the years and a skill you must learn.  Your ability to think in the moment, separate emotion from logic, and see the different angles to make quick, solid decisions is priceless on your path to success.  Make it a point to decide firmly and quickly - and to learn when you make a decision that was not the right one.  You will get better and better and your success will grow as you do.