S3E07 - How to move past overwhelm and feel more confident in decision making

Season 3

Jul 29

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.

Episode Notes

Key topics we cover:

1:23 - Process orientation vs. outcome orientation
2:32 - Improving confidence by discarding unrealistic bars for decision quality
5:32 - Knowing where to focus by using the Covey's Circles tool
8:39 - Breaking decisions down into bite-sized pieces using the 3 Components framework
10:41 - Key questions to ask to drive toward clarity in each component
17:44 - Other ways you can use the 3 Components framework
19:19 - The critical last step in any decision making process

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About Michelle Florendo

Michelle Florendo is a Stanford-trained decision engineer and executive coach who is on a mission to teach people how to make decisions with less stress and more clarity. Over the past decade, she has coached and taught hundreds of leaders across tech, healthcare, and financial services, in organizations ranging from pre-IPO startups to major tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Salesforce.

She's been an adjunct lecturer at Stanford, helps train coaches as a faculty coach for Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, and hosts the podcast, Ask A Decision Engineer. She earned her engineering degree from Stanford and her MBA from UC Berkeley.

For those interested in exploring Michelle's coaching and speaking services further, additional information can be found on her professional website at poweredbydecisions.com.

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