This afternoon I was talking with some friends about Inspiration for Success and as our team is not yet complete, of course I was also checking if one or more of them were interested joining the team. So while talking we also discussed the sample goal and that I and/or the team still did not finally decided whether to go for the ‘paid site‘ option or leave open to still also add things like advertisements and such.
While talking about the Principles of Success I noticed what an enormous effect the NOT making of this decision, or other decisions, has or can have. What I did was imagining the ‘one million dollar goal’ in one corner of the room and noticed that with just focusing there it was very easy to just go there, walk slowly and get it. Leaving the other option open suddenly made the spectrum of ‘where to go’ unimaginably bigger. Instead of one place to go there was suddenly something like 90 degrees of direction where I could go as I imagined the other option somewhere 90 degrees left of the first option. So as long as I left the decision open there was a 90 degree area where I could go, making me wander, while when I put the one option in my mind I would and could just simply walk towards it.
So this makes certainly clear how important focus is, how important it is to set a very clear and specific goal. And based on my ‘walking around’ experience, adding just one option makes the spectrum of ‘where to go’ unimaginably bigger, not just two options, but a whole range of options, even outside of the 90 degree area. I just felt lost, didn’t know where to go. And this is what doubt is all about I guess.
So no, we still didn’t make the final decision yet on the sample goal, but it also implies how much effect this has on the project, including reaching the one million dollar goal.
So yes, don’t make decisions too easy, but also certainly wait too long making them as not making them seems to have much more impact than you would think at first thought.