Tag: indecision

This week's question from my portal “The Neagle Code: Directions for Life” comes from someone who wishes to remain anonymous. 

I’ve noticed I have a subtle, mental habit of worrying about whether or not I’ll hit my targets. Sometimes I hit them, sometimes I don’t. Even though I’ve hit certain goals, I didn’t hit my revenue targets.

This has been going on for a while — two years of not hitting my targets.

I’m over it. I’m done worrying. I’m not sure if it’s doubt, or a lack of trust that I can take action? Maybe I distrust my team and their ability to follow through. I’m not the managerial type. Is it that I’m just setting the wrong targets?

Who or what are you blaming for not hitting your targets?

I know you’re blaming something, because you’re not saying, “I chose not to hit my targets.” You’re saying, “I didn’t hit them.”

You’re either leaving it up to chance, or you’re choosing not to hit your targets.

In some subtle way in your mind, you’re blaming it on something — not enough time, not enough people, something.

If you’re going to overcome this, you have to look at what are you actually blaming.

In order to do something you haven’t done before, you have to take full ownership of the result.

You have to look at what the real issue is…

On some level, you chose not to hit the target.

I’ve always found that if someone sets a goal, and they’re not reaching it year after year — some part of them doesn’t want to look at what the real problem is and make the change.

Whether it’s something you have to do — like firing or hiring new people on the team — there’s something you’re resisting changing. You’re not looking at it, or you don’t want to see it.

It’s either too much work, or it feels risky.

Get really get honest with yourself, so that at least you’re not tormenting yourself.

Worry is a trick of your subconscious mind to make you think you’re doing something productive, when you’re not… and it serves one primary purpose:

To keep you small, and EXACTLY where you are.

Join me this Tuesday for a FREE 60-minute mini-course I’ve created called: Stop Playing Small. I’m going deep on the topic of how our own minds are programmed to stay small, keep quiet and play it safe. I’ll be sharing exactly what you can do to shift OUT of that paradigm and hit those targets time after time.  CLICK HERE to join me!

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This week's question from my portal “The Neagle Code: Directions for Life” comes from someone who wishes to remain anonymous. 

In my business, I’ve been working on creating a digital course. But I’m having trouble making decisions on how to actually set it up and market it.

There are many pieces to my course, and there are multiple ways I can go about setting these up. I’m having trouble narrowing it down. I ask myself, “What’s the best way to do this?” And I get stuck in the ‘how.’

I can easily decide between two options just fine. But if there are several options to choose from, I stop. It makes me freeze. I stop because I’m not sure how to do something. I start overthinking it.

How do I not stop when it comes to making decisions?

In some of these situations, it’d probably be best if you reached out to someone to ask them for their expertise, and what’s the best way to do it.

If it’s something you already know and you’re trying to choose — and you’re just getting stuck in the indecision — your brain is searching for something. It’s usually searching for some kind of certainty.

If we’re considering two options, we know the “facts” about those two things, but we don’t really know anything beyond that.

So, we just have to pick one.

Pick one thing, do it, then see what the results are. If you don’t like the results, you can change it.

If you stay in indecision, all this does is allow your imagination to start running down rabbit holes and creating scenarios that are both good and bad… none of which are necessarily true.

You have to pick something.

But you also have to be careful, because in the cases where you don’t know about what you’re doing — or what’s the best thing that needs to be done — if there’s an expert who does know, you need to reach out and ask for their help.

PS: If you enjoy reading my weekly Neagle Code, you'll LOVE my podcast, The Successful Mind. You can expect cutting edge information and strategies relating to success mindset, leadership, wealth creation, and relationships, all based in Universal Law and my own experience creating a multi-million dollar business.

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This week's question from my portal “The Neagle Code: Directions for Life” comes from someone who wishes to remain anonymous.

How do you know when the next step is in front of you, or if it's just the next shiny new thing that's trying to manipulate your time and energy?

Thanks for the question! I know many entrepreneurs struggle with this.

First it’s important to know if you have a clear-cut goal. You can’t decide what the next step is if you don’t know where you’re going to begin with.

If you don’t have a goal, set some time aside and get very clear about what you’d like the end result to be.

If you already know what the goal is, ask yourself if there is something that you’re resisting doing that’s keeping you from that goal.

Often times, if there’s a subconscious fear in taking action, something shiny will pop up to distract you.

You’ll need to be very honest with yourself about this, as your mind will create stories around why you’re resisting something.

Let me give you an example:

If your goal is to enroll more clients, and you KNOW your next step is to make sales calls, but instead you sign up for a class to learn how to build a website, you’re using the website class as a distraction.

And the insidious thing is that you will have yourself convinced that when you finish the class, you’ll magically have those new clients enrolled.

When you really want a clear gauge to help you make a decision, I always recommend that you turn to the FOUR QUESTIONS.

So let’s use the example above and run it through using the FOUR QUESTIONS.

1) Is this something I want to be, do or have? In the instance of the web class, yes.

2) Is being, doing or having this taking me closer to my goal? In this instance the answer would be no because it would be taking the person farther from it. They already know that the most direct way to enroll clients is to make sales calls.

3) Is being, doing or having this in alignment with Universal Law (more life to all)? Yes

4) Does being, doing or having this violate the rights of others (does it take away someone else’s right to choose)? No

The determining factor in using these questions is that you must answer yes to the first three questions, and no to the fourth.

Since the answer to the 2nd question was a no, this person would not choose to take the web class. Instead they would focus on working through their resistance to sales calls.

When experiencing indecision, using the four questions above, will help you see clearly which direction to take.

PS: The Neagle Code: Directions for Life is a weekly no-cost program that is open to everyone! Each week, I'll select and personally respond to one question received via the above “The Neagle Code” page that I feel in my heart will help the most people. (You may choose to remain anonymous if you wish, with our full support.) It is my deep, heartfelt intention that ~ in answering your questions ~ I may provide you with the Universal Truths that in committed application, will set you free. Simply submit YOUR burning question at: www.DavidNeagle.com/ask-david to participate.

This week's question from my portal “The Neagle Code: Directions for Life” comes from an individual who wishes to remain anonymous.

Question:

How do you know when the next step is in front of you, or if it's just the next shiny new thing that's trying to manipulate your time and energy?

Answer:

Thanks for the question! I know many entreprenuers struggle with this.

First it's important to know if you have a clear cut goal. You can't decide what the next step is if you don't know where you're going to begin with.

If you don't have a goal, set some time aside and get very clear about what you'd like the end result to be.

If you already know what the goal is, ask yourself if there is something that your resisting doing that's keeping you from that goal.

Often times, if there's a subconscious fear in taking action, something shiny will pop up to distract you.

You'll need to be very honest with yourself about this, as your mind will create stories around why you're resisting something.

Let me give you an example:

If your goal is to enroll more clients, and you KNOW your next step is to make sales calls, but instead you sign up for a class to learn how to build a website, you're using the website class as a distraction.

And the insidious thing is that you will have yourself convinced that when you finish the class, you'll magically have those new clients enrolled.

When you really want a clear gauge to help you make a decision, I always recommend that you turn to the FOUR QUESTIONS.

So let's use the example above and run it through using the FOUR QUESTIONS.

1) Is this something I want to be do or have? In the instance of the web class, yes.
2) Is being, doing or having this taking me closer to my goal? In this instance the answer would be no because it would be taking the person farther from it. They already know that the most direct way to enroll clients is to make sales calls.
3) Is being, doing or having this in alignment with Universal Law (more life to all)? Yes
4) Does being, doing or having this violate the rights of others (does it take away someone else's right to choose)? No

The determining factor in using these questions is that you must answer yes to the first three questions, and no to the fourth.

Since the answer to the 2nd question was a no, this person would not choose to take the web class. Instead they would focus on working through their resistance to sales calls.

When experiencing indecision, using the four questions above, will help you see clearly which direction to take.

“Just Believe”,^®

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