My sisters and I were busy looking at the dozens of options for pottery we could paint, feeling totally overwhelmed by how many decisions there were. Not only did we have to chose the piece of pottery we wanted (mug, vase, dragon?!) but also what design we wanted to use and the colors we wanted. There were ENDLESS options and minutes ticked by while we looked through binders of stencils.

Then they told us that they close in an hour and we each felt panicked. It was my last night in town so we couldn't come back another day. It was now or never so we each impulsively grabbed a piece that caught our eye, a design that we could manage, and colors that looked pretty. Within 45 minutes, we were each finishing up our piece and all of us were in love with what we'd created.

You see, sometimes that time pressure is exactly what we need to let the things that we want boil up. Often it makes our decisions more simple, the right choice now appear obvious.

For example, if I gave you 5 seconds to tell me what The Main Thing - the thing that moved the needle most - in your business is, what would you say? This can take my clients so long to decide but usually they know it right away if I ask it like this.

So often we give ourselves too much time to waffle back and forth, to second guess ourselves, to talk ourselves out of something.

Sometimes a little pressure is a good thing because often your first instinct is the right one.

Cheers,
Summer

PS. Here's the mug I painted - with a little message on the inside to remind me of my word of the year. :)