When you commit to making a change you want to give yourself every chance of success. To do this, eliminate as many decisions as you can in advance.
We’re not great at making immediate decisions because we can be highly influenced by our current environment. If you walk into a cafe and there are freshly baked muffins on the counter, there’s a good chance you’ll want to try that muffin.
But what if you didn’t have to make a decision about the muffin? If you had already set yourself a meal plan where breakfast was planned, then the muffin doesn’t even come into the decision-making equation. You’re not having to grapple with whether a muffin is an option for your breakfast because you’ve already made another decision that eliminates this one.
Here’s another example with work. When you are clear on the impact you want to make professionally, every work “opportunity” can automatically be filtered based on how they align with your desired impact.
This can be applied to any area of your life. Once you are clear on your direction, eliminate all decisions that will distract you on your journey.