It’s difficult to get things done when you give yourself too many options.

Let’s say you decide your child should take ballet lessons.  If you live in a big city, you could spend months visiting ballet studios, checking on-line, asking your friends, and driving yourself nuts in the process.  Some decisions require more investigation than others; however, decide what your top decision making criteria is for this project.  Is it distance to the studio, cost, quality of instruction,  near your favorite coffee stop?  What’s the most important factor?  To make the most of your time,  narrow your choices. Tom Kelley, author of The Ten Faces of Innovation, says “provide a small selection of excellent choices and have a point of view about why you chose those few among the many.”

Too many choices make decision making more difficult than it needs to be.