Bad Decisions Beat No Decisions For Entrepreneurs

Inside Strategic Coach: Connecting Entrepreneurs With What Really Matters

Are you holding back, waiting for the “right” decision? In this episode, Shannon Waller and Dan Sullivan reveal why taking action—even imperfect action—is the key to entrepreneurial momentum. Discover how making any decision unlocks feedback, reduces anxiety, and activates your best thinking, while indecision keeps you stuck. Plus, learn practical strategies to overcome perfectionism and move forward.

Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:

• The importance of making a decision that requires that you take action.
• How indecision leads to more indecision.
• What you sacrifice when you refuse to choose.
• How to get a clear picture of the situation you’re in.

Show Notes:

Taking action, even with imperfect information, is better than staying stuck in indecision.

The problem with making no decision is that you’re not changing the situation that’s paralyzing you.

When you can’t make a decision, the pressure builds on you exponentially, as does the feeling of isolation and disconnection from your team and your goals.

As soon as you start taking action, you get an enormous amount of information about whether it was a right action or a wrong action.

Perfectionism is the enemy of progress.

Humans are best when they’re in motion.

People become unproductive when they’re not making decisions.

You don’t have to make the right decision. You can make a decision, and then make it right.

Clarity and confidence come after you commit, not before.

Decisive entrepreneurs make mistakes, but they also learn and adapt much faster than indecisive ones.

When you’re indecisive, you lose access to your wisdom, experience, and problem-solving abilities.

The act of deciding eliminates alternative options and allows your mind to focus on what matters most.

Protecting your role and saying no to distractions is a by-product of being decisive about your commitments.

The word “decide” literally means to “kill off” alternatives, freeing you from mental clutter and overwhelm.

Resources:

The 4 C’s Formula by Dan Sullivan

The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

The Impact Filter^™