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How to Overcome Indecision | Nuala Walsh | TEDxUniversityofSalford

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Decisions are part of our daily lives. With expert insight, Nuala presents strategies to overcome indecision. Nuala Walsh is a board advisor, behavioral scientist, and award-winning marketeer. After three decades in investment banking and asset management, she advises Fortune 500 clients as CEO at MindEquity, and is a Founding Director of the Global Association of Behavioural Scientists. Her Non-Executive appointments span commercial, sports, and non-profit sectors including UN Women, World Athletics, the Football Association, and the Innocence Project. Recognized among the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Finance, she now publishes in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Psychology Today, and has been interviewed by BBC, Fox Business, and The Telegraph. She is a Visiting Speaker at the London School of Economics, Harvard Kennedy School, and INSEAD. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

20 Comments

@audrey.buasan 2 years ago

6:24 It's Too Big
- reverse the thought
- take something that is big and make it feel smaller (mentally shrink it)
- Instead of thinking of the top 10 or top 20, think of the top 3, then critique the idealized outcome.
- By deliberately finding the imperfection of something, you reduce the consequentiality and its magnitude

9:07 It's Too Far
- Ask yourself, "How will the decision feel in 2 days, 2 months, 2 years, and 2 decades?"
- Visualize yourself in that state

11:46 It's Too Hard
- Positively Frame the Decision
- Instead of looking at it as binary (either/ or), expand optionality
- Think about the alternatives you may have
- With this, you reduce fear, finality, and foreboding.

14:55
Probability Test - composed of 3 simple questions
- If I make this decision, what's the worst thing that will happen?
- What is the likelihood of this happening?
- If this happens, what will I do next?

@pauliusrapolis5919 2 years ago

At the end of the day, it's just a decision, make it smaller, take it easy, zoom out the perspective and roll the wave. Any result will be beneficial for your future!

@frozz9938 3 years ago

One of few TEDx I've watched where I've learned what to practically do when unsure about a decision.

@natalielindi 2 years ago

In other words, it’s not that deep just make a choice and learn from it

@nurcanakakus7445 3 years ago

An engaging speaker, looking for more of these??

@Quaquaquaqua 10 months ago

I was really struggling with what felt like a big life decision in my head and this helped me get over indecision. I feel so relieved

@steinarbruun3852 2 years ago

indecision has often served me well over the years.. It leads to procrastination. Sometimes it happens that not doing anything was the best choice. Other times, new factors enter the equation which put me in the right place at the right time to make the best decision. .Perhaps accepting indecision is a luxury only available to those of us who reside in the slow lane of life.

@mdsadiquealam9840 3 years ago

Wish this was even longer!

@selimcakc2441 3 years ago

😊 This talk needs to be seen by EVERYONE!!

@arnavghumnar9350 8 months ago

The best Ted talk ever , tell this from my experience of watching more than 50 Ted talk over the span of a year , telling this not right after watching but coming here to especially tell you guys definitely worth watching ❤😊

@muhabbetkusuali83 3 years ago

As someone who struggles to decide about what coffee to buy, thanks for this.😎

@billpetersen298 2 years ago

My wife and I were unhappy, for most of 12 years.
We took a chance, we opened up to each other. About what we want, how we want to be with each other, etc. We set the scene, to be safe, no distractions, focused on each other.
We are in a much better place together, still working on it. But doing it together.
It so easily could have been, just giving up.

@elijahkropf 1 month ago

Halfway through this video I realized I was being anxious about whether watching this TED talk first was better than watching Mary Steffel's TED talk and then I laughed out loud.

@ultimateCAJ 2 years ago

This video just changed my life forever

@virtual.mtk4 3 years ago (edited)

4:45 three thoughts - breakdown on first
9:10 breakdown on second
12:00 breakdown on third
14:55 personal test

@urielpan3260 6 months ago

In some mysterios perspective,
if you are struglling with indecision, you should follow your feeling and animal instincts more than knowledge.
Body might tell which one option suits for your present suitaion.

@KennethBryanRichardson 8 months ago

As a 🇧🇷 who can’t decide about my job, it helped

@light8759 2 years ago

I’ve been very indecisive about my career since I was young. I didn’t know what to major in high school, didn’t know what job I wanted to pursue, so I just chose a major my parents wanted me to study. Now I’m still as lost as ever. I kinda know what I have to do now, but since we only live once, I can’t really go back in time and redo everything…

@atukunda9028 2 years ago

Best Ted Talk I’ve watched in a long time

@NoName-jq7tj 1 year ago

I have suffered from indecision throughout life. I was raised by narcissistic parents who always demanded they need to know everything before any decision is made but in truth the consequences were devastating.