Are you tired of relying on fleeting daily willpower to achieve your biggest goals? The secret to creating real, lasting momentum comes down to learning how to decide versus choose. In this episode, April Shprintz breaks down the crucial psychological shift that happens when you make a true decision rather than a temporary choice. Discover how committing to a new identity empowers you from day one, boosts your self-confidence, and turbocharges your ability to succeed in every area of your life.
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Why Deciding Beats Choosing
The Core Mindset Shift: Deciding Versus Choosing
I am so glad you’re here. I am getting super-duper excited. We are three episodes away from also being via video. I say, we, like it’s more than me and a mouse in my pocket. By we, I mean you and I. If you want to see me when I talk to you, in three more episodes, you’re going to be able to go to YouTube. You’re going to be able to go to Spotify and see these episodes via video so I can look you right in the eye and tell you to do anything you believe you can.
One of the ways to do it quickly is to decide rather than just choosing. Here’s what I mean. When you decide to do something, that changes your identity. You become a person who does this or doesn’t do this. I’ve been on this for weeks and months talking about having that identity and stepping into who that is. However, the reason I’m so big on it is so many people choose and they almost choose daily. It’s like choosing, “I’m going to start a diet on Monday,” then they’re relying on future willpower and hoping that they’re going to choose the right thing on a day where they don’t know how they’re going to be showing up.
When you decide to do something, that changes your identity. You become a person who does this or doesn't do this. Share on XYou don’t know what you’re going to feel like on Monday. It’s why I don’t like to plan dinner in the future. I’m terrible on cruises because they want you to plan what you’re going to want to do all week. I don’t know what I’m going to want to do tomorrow. However, if you decide and you become the person who does this thing, that makes all those decisions much easier. Going back to the dieting thing. If you decide you’re becoming a person who eats healthy, right then and there, here’s what’s cool. You’re empowered.
If you decide and become the person who does this thing, that makes all those decisions much easier. Share on XHow Committing To An Identity Turbocharges Success
The moment you decide you’ve committed, now all you’re going to have to figure out is the how each day. I’m telling you, it boosts your confidence because that means you can go from being someone who feels like they are not doing the thing that is so important to them, to the person who is going to do what is so important to them. That very moment, you’re empowered. It’s going to turbocharge your ability to succeed. Let me give you some examples because maybe you’re saying, “I don’t understand the difference between deciding and choosing.” I get it.
Deciding is just that much more powerful and it gives you momentum and change right in this moment. Share on XLet’s think of some of the things that we decide versus choose. You decide where you’re going to go to college. You might choose what you’re going to wear. One, it’s a bigger decision and affects a lot more of your life. Maybe you’re going to decide who you’re going to spend your life with, but you’ll choose who you’ll call. Do you feel, even with the way I say it? One of them has a lot more weight. One of them has a lot more power. You might decide to start a business or you’re just going to choose where you want to work for a summer job.
If you've got something that you want to decide about, you need a boost and you need help, I am here for you. Share on XStepping Into Your New Identity And Taking Action Today
Deciding is just that much more powerful and it gives you momentum and change right in this moment. It empowers you to begin living as this new version of you. I want you to try it. I want you to decide something that you want now. Say it out loud to yourself or write it down if you don’t want anybody to hear it. Understand that the moment you decide, that is who you are and you then commit to aligning every decision you make this week, next week, or next month with that identity. It is a game changer. I’m serious. I want you to give this a shot.
Don’t forget, you can always reach out to me personally and privately by going to WinningMindsetMasteryPodcast.com. All the way down at the bottom of the page is the Ask April section. You can record your question right there. If you’ve got something that you want to decide about, you need a boost and you need help, I am here for you. Reach out to me. Here’s to your success.
