In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. - Theodore Roosevelt

Being decisive is key in every aspect of your business, and in life in general. Whether you are a transformational leader, or a C-suite executive, or a business development professional or whether you are looking to make that big decision of a career change, it’s wise to recognize how powerful a decision maker you are. Every day we make hundreds of decisions and over time many that change our lives.

If you have a big decision to face and are finding yourself challenged, consider these steps:

1. Set a deadline for when you will make that decision so you can frame up the rest of the decision making process. It’s motivating and generative to begin with the end in mind.

2. Organize and gather information and insights about possible aspects surrounding the decision and feelings you have about it. Do some research alone and some thinking in conversation with people who you feel connected with. Gather and organize notes, knowing that you’ve got a decision making process in place. You will feel unstuck. Keep working on research and conversation.

3. On the day you have to make your decision, explore and review all of your information. You may want to create a representation of each of your options and display them on a table or the floor. As you move your attention to each option, check in on how you feel and the choice that gives you the most energy. Consider the question, “What is my best next move?”.

4. You will feel your answer clearly if you’ve done complete work. If not, then your best next move might be to bump your deadline (it’s YOUR life after all) by a week or so, and fill in any missing pieces. Clarity unfolds along the way.

When you’re ready and you’re clear, you simply choose, commit and start or continue planning, -with a big smile, of course.

Then it’s up to you to make that decision work. That’s what we do every day in being creative and resourceful.

Or as Dr. Phil McGraw from Oprah’s gang would say, “Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.”

So what about you, what big decision will you make powerfully this week, this month or this year?