In this Ask Me Anything (AMA) episode, I answer a question from a listener about how to tell whether the decisions he has made were the best ones. Listen in as I discuss how to reduce doubt after making a decision.

Key topics covered in this episode:

• 1:55 - what this listener is really asking
• 4:02 - the short answer to the question
• 5:23 - what would be more helpful when facing this question
• 6:13 - the feeling that prompts this question and why you feel it
• 7:58 - the surprising truth about wanting to maximize your outcomes
• 9:25 - the first step in feeling better about your decisions
• 10:23 - the power of choosing contentment over conditioning
• 11:33 - how to get clear with your objectives
• 12:47 - the importance of committing to staying present

To learn more from Michelle about decision making, check out

• The Ask A Decision Engineer website
• Her Stanford Continuing Studies course
• Her self-paced course Decision Toolkit for Personal Decisions
• Her Decision Toolkit for Coaches and Counselors virtual workshop on Maven

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.