Ep. 11 Revisiting Bad Decisions

I was in the process of writing my weekly Sunday Steve email for my coaching clients, when I saw an email from one of my clients pop into my inbox, "Are you available today for a quick call today? I need some support in planning our next moves before Monday kicks in." This Founder is facing some very hard decisions. Decisions that need to be made quickly and involve dramatically shrinking the team. And in this new configuration there didn't appear to be a place for his co-founder. There were a few scenarios on what actions to take but it's pretty clear what needs to be done. At one point the conversation turned to "bad decisions" made in the past. It's a natural part of the process when you are facing tough decisions to look back and judge the decision path that got you to this point as "bad." In this episode, I cover: How to separate the decisions we make from the outcomes we get How to deal with the "should have's" that show up.  The most important question to ask when evaluating past decisions How to win no matter what the outcome