Decisions Don't Have to Be Perfect to Be Right

Decisions Don't Have to Be Perfect to Be Right

From HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design by Leslie Gaudet

May 15, 2026 · 42 min · Season 4 · Episode 185

About this episode

Leslie Gaudet discusses how high-achieving women can struggle with self-trust and identity when faced with disappointing outcomes from their decisions.

You made the decision thoughtfully. You weighed the risks. You trusted yourself enough to move forward. And then the outcome didn’t unfold the way you hoped. Now, suddenly, every future decision started carrying more pressure. More hesitation. More internal reviewing. Because somewhere along the way, disappointing outcomes stopped feeling like experiences…and started feeling like evidence. In this solo episode of HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, Leslie Gaudet explores what happens when high-achieving women begin attaching identity to outcomes, and how painful decisions can quietly reshape the relationship they have with their own judgment and self-trust moving forward. This is the third episode in the May solo series — Influence with Integrity — and it’s for every woman who has ever replayed a decision long after it ended…not because you were still evaluating the decision itself, but because some part of you was still trying to determine what the outcome meant about you. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.com…

People in this episode

Host: Leslie Gaudet

Topics covered

  • decision making
  • self-trust
  • identity
  • high-achieving women
  • outcomes
  • personal growth

Keywords

  • decisions
  • self-improvement
  • judgment
  • pressure
  • outcomes
  • identity
  • women's empowerment

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