April 27, 2025
913. "Wait & See" is sabatoge.
How many times have you said, "Let me wait and see," hoping that things will magically fix themselves so you don't have to make the tough decisions?
Indecisiveness makes you soft, weak, and dependent on others. You have enough to get started. Make a stand in your one and only life. Work and see, don't wait and see.
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Keep it simple. Keep it moving. Never settle. Stay tough.
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Wait and see isn't patience, it's sabotage of your success, of your team's success, and of your future.
00:00:10.872 --> 00:00:19.932
It's a form of self-sabotage, born of indecisiveness and indecisiveness locks you into this reactive mindset.
00:00:20.533 --> 00:00:23.893
See, when you're indecisive, you can't think clearly.
00:00:24.687 --> 00:00:25.797
You don't know what to believe.
00:00:26.367 --> 00:00:32.128
Every new thing sounds right, but it pulls you off course instead of course, correcting.
00:00:32.938 --> 00:00:52.978
You end up changing courses all together and you stay stuck in this vicious cycle of confusion, and you probably know exactly what that feels like because when you get in this reactive state, you stay in this reactive state because all you're doing is, is you're making decisions.
00:00:53.518 --> 00:01:03.868
Reacting, trying to cover up the past losses instead of being proactive, being aggressive with making your decisions and moving forward from there.
00:01:04.647 --> 00:01:08.968
Here's the truth, you're never gonna have a hundred percent of the answers before you take the leap.
00:01:09.388 --> 00:01:15.837
Waiting for things to be certain, waiting for things to be clear or safe before you make a decision.
00:01:16.515 --> 00:01:18.765
Man, that's only gonna make the decision even worse.
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And you know it.
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I know it.
00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.069
We've seen it a thousand times.
00:01:23.069 --> 00:01:25.920
Yet we put ourselves in that position every single time.
00:01:26.010 --> 00:01:34.859
Every time you play the wait and see game, you saw it blow up in your face, especially when it comes to some sort of growth leadership, building a future.
00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.530
This is why confrontation is so key.
00:01:37.829 --> 00:01:39.750
Success isn't guaranteed.
00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:42.120
Answers aren't guaranteed.
00:01:42.420 --> 00:01:42.870
Perfect.
00:01:42.870 --> 00:01:44.215
Timing doesn't exist.
00:01:44.849 --> 00:01:46.200
You gotta decide anyway.
00:01:46.593 --> 00:01:50.403
So you gotta make the decision and then make the decision, right?
00:01:50.793 --> 00:01:56.043
Here's how, number one, bro, you gotta get aggressive about making decisions.
00:01:56.254 --> 00:01:58.263
Get outta this reactive mindset.
00:01:58.474 --> 00:02:05.733
If you think about where you are right now, it's because you've gotten in this reactive state and you stay perpetually stuck.
00:02:05.974 --> 00:02:12.304
Trapped in this reactive state because you're just keep making reactive decisions.
00:02:12.633 --> 00:02:15.063
So I. You gotta get proactive.
00:02:15.454 --> 00:02:19.834
Get outta this reactive state even if you don't have the answers.
00:02:20.163 --> 00:02:20.524
Okay?
00:02:20.644 --> 00:02:27.063
Remember, this is not gonna be certain, this is gonna be tough, okay?
00:02:27.183 --> 00:02:31.954
Make the decision you're living proof that you've made it through everything else that you've actually gone through.
00:02:32.562 --> 00:02:36.432
Number two, factor in the range of possibilities and make your move.
00:02:36.763 --> 00:02:42.312
Just figure out, instead of just looking at the high side, what are all the ranges of possibilities?
00:02:42.853 --> 00:02:43.782
And then make your move.
00:02:44.103 --> 00:02:48.362
Also stop negotiating with yourself when you enter into negotiations.
00:02:48.573 --> 00:02:51.693
This is where emotions take a primary seat in your life.
00:02:51.992 --> 00:02:53.973
See, emotions is what got you here.
00:02:55.082 --> 00:02:56.913
Logic is what's gonna take you out.
00:02:57.242 --> 00:03:01.742
Emotions, if you think about it, emotions silently.
00:03:01.772 --> 00:03:08.462
It started creeping in, creeping forward, and now it's taken primary possession of your life.
00:03:08.943 --> 00:03:10.893
And this is why you're indecisive.
00:03:10.923 --> 00:03:12.603
This is why you wanna wait and see.
00:03:12.723 --> 00:03:17.342
This is why part of the wait and see game is so you don't have to make a decision.
00:03:17.492 --> 00:03:19.112
The decision gets made for you.
00:03:19.709 --> 00:03:21.889
Or you think that time's just gonna flatten out.
00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:29.748
And you're gonna create more time, and then you can make a decision and it won't upset anybody, and it'll be pretty easy.
00:03:29.808 --> 00:03:30.679
It's not gonna happen.
00:03:30.859 --> 00:03:34.308
The longer you wait and see the weaker you're gonna become.
00:03:34.519 --> 00:03:39.859
You're gonna get softer, you're gonna get more dependent, and you're gonna be paralyzed by your emotions.
00:03:40.177 --> 00:03:44.258
And you're gonna be waiting for these perfect circumstances, which are never gonna come.
00:03:44.388 --> 00:03:45.348
I'm gonna say this again.
00:03:45.407 --> 00:03:47.237
Emotion got you stuck.
00:03:47.837 --> 00:03:50.027
Logic is what's gonna get you unstuck.
00:03:50.478 --> 00:03:52.367
You already know what moves to make.
00:03:54.108 --> 00:04:01.367
You already know what it takes to be successful, to get in better shape, to build better skills, to be a better leader.
00:04:01.427 --> 00:04:04.518
You don't need another book course podcast.
00:04:04.907 --> 00:04:05.532
You need to act.
00:04:06.633 --> 00:04:10.923
You do start making decisions and then make the decision, right?
00:04:10.923 --> 00:04:12.332
I just did a podcast on that.
00:04:12.723 --> 00:04:27.252
Just make the decision based on what you already know, open to collaboration, and then make the decision, and then you course correct along the way, meaning that you stay open, you iterate, you adjust, but you keep moving forward.
00:04:27.995 --> 00:04:29.196
Let me leave you with this.
00:04:29.346 --> 00:04:31.355
If you're waiting to see how things play out.
00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:36.500
Hoping for clarity, hoping the tough decisions will magically go away.
00:04:36.740 --> 00:04:40.971
Hoping you don't have to confront anything, you're setting yourself up for a loss.
00:04:41.781 --> 00:04:43.310
'cause hope is not a strategy.
00:04:43.761 --> 00:04:47.151
Waiting and seeing only guarantees one thing.
00:04:47.661 --> 00:04:53.120
You'll eventually see something, but you're gonna see what you don't like and it could be too late.
00:04:53.504 --> 00:04:56.654
Stay proactive, stay aggressive.
00:04:57.074 --> 00:04:58.334
All right, let's get out here.
00:04:58.384 --> 00:04:59.045
Keep it simple.
00:04:59.045 --> 00:04:59.644
Keep it moving.
00:04:59.644 --> 00:05:00.185
Never settle.
00:05:00.185 --> 00:05:00.754
Stay tough.
00:05:00.754 --> 00:05:01.100
Peace.
00:00:00.067 --> 00:00:09.942
Wait and see isn't patience, it's sabotage of your success, of your team's success, and of your future.
00:00:10.872 --> 00:00:19.932
It's a form of self-sabotage, born of indecisiveness and indecisiveness locks you into this reactive mindset.
00:00:20.533 --> 00:00:23.893
See, when you're indecisive, you can't think clearly.
00:00:24.687 --> 00:00:25.797
You don't know what to believe.
00:00:26.367 --> 00:00:32.128
Every new thing sounds right, but it pulls you off course instead of course, correcting.
00:00:32.938 --> 00:00:52.978
You end up changing courses all together and you stay stuck in this vicious cycle of confusion, and you probably know exactly what that feels like because when you get in this reactive state, you stay in this reactive state because all you're doing is, is you're making decisions.
00:00:53.518 --> 00:01:03.868
Reacting, trying to cover up the past losses instead of being proactive, being aggressive with making your decisions and moving forward from there.
00:01:04.647 --> 00:01:08.968
Here's the truth, you're never gonna have a hundred percent of the answers before you take the leap.
00:01:09.388 --> 00:01:15.837
Waiting for things to be certain, waiting for things to be clear or safe before you make a decision.
00:01:16.515 --> 00:01:18.765
Man, that's only gonna make the decision even worse.
00:01:19.739 --> 00:01:20.430
And you know it.
00:01:20.819 --> 00:01:21.450
I know it.
00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.069
We've seen it a thousand times.
00:01:23.069 --> 00:01:25.920
Yet we put ourselves in that position every single time.
00:01:26.010 --> 00:01:34.859
Every time you play the wait and see game, you saw it blow up in your face, especially when it comes to some sort of growth leadership, building a future.
00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.530
This is why confrontation is so key.
00:01:37.829 --> 00:01:39.750
Success isn't guaranteed.
00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:42.120
Answers aren't guaranteed.
00:01:42.420 --> 00:01:42.870
Perfect.
00:01:42.870 --> 00:01:44.215
Timing doesn't exist.
00:01:44.849 --> 00:01:46.200
You gotta decide anyway.
00:01:46.593 --> 00:01:50.403
So you gotta make the decision and then make the decision, right?
00:01:50.793 --> 00:01:56.043
Here's how, number one, bro, you gotta get aggressive about making decisions.
00:01:56.254 --> 00:01:58.263
Get outta this reactive mindset.
00:01:58.474 --> 00:02:05.733
If you think about where you are right now, it's because you've gotten in this reactive state and you stay perpetually stuck.
00:02:05.974 --> 00:02:12.304
Trapped in this reactive state because you're just keep making reactive decisions.
00:02:12.633 --> 00:02:15.063
So I. You gotta get proactive.
00:02:15.454 --> 00:02:19.834
Get outta this reactive state even if you don't have the answers.
00:02:20.163 --> 00:02:20.524
Okay?
00:02:20.644 --> 00:02:27.063
Remember, this is not gonna be certain, this is gonna be tough, okay?
00:02:27.183 --> 00:02:31.954
Make the decision you're living proof that you've made it through everything else that you've actually gone through.
00:02:32.562 --> 00:02:36.432
Number two, factor in the range of possibilities and make your move.
00:02:36.763 --> 00:02:42.312
Just figure out, instead of just looking at the high side, what are all the ranges of possibilities?
00:02:42.853 --> 00:02:43.782
And then make your move.
00:02:44.103 --> 00:02:48.362
Also stop negotiating with yourself when you enter into negotiations.
00:02:48.573 --> 00:02:51.693
This is where emotions take a primary seat in your life.
00:02:51.992 --> 00:02:53.973
See, emotions is what got you here.
00:02:55.082 --> 00:02:56.913
Logic is what's gonna take you out.
00:02:57.242 --> 00:03:01.742
Emotions, if you think about it, emotions silently.
00:03:01.772 --> 00:03:08.462
It started creeping in, creeping forward, and now it's taken primary possession of your life.
00:03:08.943 --> 00:03:10.893
And this is why you're indecisive.
00:03:10.923 --> 00:03:12.603
This is why you wanna wait and see.
00:03:12.723 --> 00:03:17.342
This is why part of the wait and see game is so you don't have to make a decision.
00:03:17.492 --> 00:03:19.112
The decision gets made for you.
00:03:19.709 --> 00:03:21.889
Or you think that time's just gonna flatten out.
00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:29.748
And you're gonna create more time, and then you can make a decision and it won't upset anybody, and it'll be pretty easy.
00:03:29.808 --> 00:03:30.679
It's not gonna happen.
00:03:30.859 --> 00:03:34.308
The longer you wait and see the weaker you're gonna become.
00:03:34.519 --> 00:03:39.859
You're gonna get softer, you're gonna get more dependent, and you're gonna be paralyzed by your emotions.
00:03:40.177 --> 00:03:44.258
And you're gonna be waiting for these perfect circumstances, which are never gonna come.
00:03:44.388 --> 00:03:45.348
I'm gonna say this again.
00:03:45.407 --> 00:03:47.237
Emotion got you stuck.
00:03:47.837 --> 00:03:50.027
Logic is what's gonna get you unstuck.
00:03:50.478 --> 00:03:52.367
You already know what moves to make.
00:03:54.108 --> 00:04:01.367
You already know what it takes to be successful, to get in better shape, to build better skills, to be a better leader.
00:04:01.427 --> 00:04:04.518
You don't need another book course podcast.
00:04:04.907 --> 00:04:05.532
You need to act.
00:04:06.633 --> 00:04:10.923
You do start making decisions and then make the decision, right?
00:04:10.923 --> 00:04:12.332
I just did a podcast on that.
00:04:12.723 --> 00:04:27.252
Just make the decision based on what you already know, open to collaboration, and then make the decision, and then you course correct along the way, meaning that you stay open, you iterate, you adjust, but you keep moving forward.
00:04:27.995 --> 00:04:29.196
Let me leave you with this.
00:04:29.346 --> 00:04:31.355
If you're waiting to see how things play out.
00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:36.500
Hoping for clarity, hoping the tough decisions will magically go away.
00:04:36.740 --> 00:04:40.971
Hoping you don't have to confront anything, you're setting yourself up for a loss.
00:04:41.781 --> 00:04:43.310
'cause hope is not a strategy.
00:04:43.761 --> 00:04:47.151
Waiting and seeing only guarantees one thing.
00:04:47.661 --> 00:04:53.120
You'll eventually see something, but you're gonna see what you don't like and it could be too late.
00:04:53.504 --> 00:04:56.654
Stay proactive, stay aggressive.
00:04:57.074 --> 00:04:58.334
All right, let's get out here.
00:04:58.384 --> 00:04:59.045
Keep it simple.
00:04:59.045 --> 00:04:59.644
Keep it moving.
00:04:59.644 --> 00:05:00.185
Never settle.
00:05:00.185 --> 00:05:00.754
Stay tough.
00:05:00.754 --> 00:05:01.100
Peace.