In this Ask Me Anything (AMA) episode, I answer a question from a listener about how to tell whether the decisions he has made were the best ones. Listen in as I unpack his question and discuss strategies for making decisions with confidence in the future.

In this Ask Me Anything (AMA) episode, I answer a question from a listener about how to approach decisions so that she can move past overwhelm and feel more confident in her decision making. Listen in as I discuss four key steps for her to tackle decisions with more ease.

Sometimes there are decisions that are so overwhelming and emotionally draining that what we decide to do to stay mentally and emotionally fit enough to make the decision is as important as the decision process itself. In today's episode, you'll hear from a guest client facing a difficult decision regarding care for her aging mother with a mental health condition. Listen in, and learn strategies for working through tough decisions involving others.

Figuring out what to do after graduating from college can be a daunting task. In this episode, I show a college student how to clarify what she wants, reduce the stress of finding the perfect job, and avoid getting overwhelmed by uncertainties.

Sometimes it isn't the big decisions that get us stuck, but rather the seemingly small ones. Has that ever happened to you? In today's episode, you'll hear a small business owner unpack a smaller decision that has been taking up a lot of brain space in part, because her head says one thing, but her intuition says another. For full episode notes, check out the website AskADecisionEngineer.com

In today's episode, you'll hear from someone who is contemplating, whether he should start his own thing or seek out a job, he's trying to discern whether entrepreneurship is something he will actually enjoy, or if it's just something he thinks he should do, given the culture he's surrounded by. And then there are also all those uncertainties that each path holds.

Have you ever encountered a decision where you knew the path you wanted to take, but for some reason you couldn't take action? If your logical brain has already decided, but you're still stuck, it may be because something is happening in your emotional realm. Today, you'll hear from a business owner who has already thought through a decision to switch vendors, but can't pinpoint why he hasn't yet pulled the trigger.

In today's episode, I'll be talking about why it's important not to ignore feelings in decision-making, but instead to acknowledge and examine them. I'll touch on how naming your feelings can help you get unstuck, how tuning into feelings can help you make better decisions, aligned with what you actually want and how it becoming adept at assessing what your feelings are telling you can help you make decisions more quickly. By the end of the episode, I hope you'll see why feelings can be a friend instead of a foe in decision-making.

In season three of my podcast, Ask a Decision Engineer, we'll be tackling ALL THE FEELS. You know, when you wish you could just make a rational decision, but can't. The truth is, if you want to feel confident in your decision, don't ignore your emotions. Examine them. This season, I'll teach you about the types of emotions that may arise in decision-making, what to do about them, and how to use them as data so that you can move forward with less stress and more clarity.

Information. It's the third component of any decision, and the trickiest one to deal with. Learn more about why this piece causes so much stress, what common mistakes people make in this area, and what questions you can ask yourself to improve this area of your decision making.