Fear of making the wrong decision. That struggle with the question: Is this choice or that choice the “right one?”... This fear plagues most, if not all of us. And back and forth uncertainty over choosing can leave us living in indecision and suffering anxiety over potentially making a wrong choice. But what, exactly, defines a “wrong decision”?
The encouraging truth is that defining what is a right choice, versus a wrong choice is often in how you interpret the results of your decision. And an even more encouraging truth is that you can coach yourself into being more confident, more effective and more comfortable in your decision-making. In this episode, I offer you some thoughts about how to view your past decisions and how to make decisions going forward.
“Who decides if a decision was wrong?... Typically, what we do is we decide that a decision that we made was the wrong decision if the outcome we got was either unexpected or not what we wanted… [But] what if we just decided that every decision we made was the best decision we could have made at the time, and moved on from there?” – Dr. Sara Dill
Want to know more about me and how I learned to stress less? I recorded a trailer for my podcast that includes some of these details. I’ve also included a short bio below.
Welcome to my podcast, Stress-Less Physician. I’m Sara Dill, MD, board-certified dermatologist and pediatric dermatologist. Like nearly all physicians, I used to believe the way to be a good and successful doctor was to work hard, always say yes, and put patients (and everyone else) first. I was successful following that pattern but (as is typically the case) I felt perpetually stressed out, overworked and unhappy.
Compelled by the truth that I’d worked too long and hard to simply accept stress as inevitable, I was determined to find the answer. In order to fully devote myself to discovering a solution, I took a...
