The 3 Fs: Faith, Foin, Fun… 3 guides to move forward and make better decisions

But how can I know if I'm making the right decision?

There are decisions that we postpone, not because we don't know what to do…

But because we know it all too well.

These are often the most important ones.

Those that force us to be honest with ourselves and with our values.

These are decisions that are disruptive, frightening, and require courage.

What should we base our decisions on when it comes time to make them?

For a long time, I believed that making a good decision meant analyzing more.

Look at all the blind spots. Ask more questions. Analyze more data.

Seek outside opinions.

Over time, and through the teachings I received at the École d'Entrepreneurship de Beauce, particularly those of Marc Dutil, I came to understand that a good decision-making process is not necessarily more complex. It is above all more aligned.

That's when the 3 Fs took on their full meaning for me and I started using them to know if I was making the right decision.

The 3 Fs: three powerful filters to know if you're in the right place

Faith: Trust before certainty

Faith is not about believing that everything will be perfect.

It's believing that you're making the best decision with what you know today and that you can always adjust along the way.

It's about trusting your intuition, your experience, and your ability to adapt.

It's about believing in yourself.

It's also about accepting that you can't control everything and believing that the universe is conspiring to make you happy. You either win, or you learn. You'll never lose if you take action.

Hay: all the benefits (not just financial)

Hay is energy.

Return on investment.

It's not just the money, but also the time, the mental load, the impact on your health and your relationships.

It ensures that all parties are winners. It's the only way to guarantee the sustainability of a project and the relationships between collaborators.

The fun: the momentum, the pleasure, the why

Here's a question I ask myself when I think about a project: am I (still) having fun and why?

Fun is not a luxury. It's an indicator.

I associate fun with decisions made from the heart, aligned with our values, with what makes us feel alive.

And the fun is attractive: for colleagues, clients, partners.

Deciding without sacrificing oneself

The 3 Fs do not provide a magic answer.

I wanted to offer you a framework for making better decisions, always more aligned with who you are, who you want to be, and what you want to create around you.

When a decision respects:

• your faith (your trust),

• your hay (your energy and your profits),

• your fun (your sense of purpose and pleasure),

It becomes much easier to accept... even if it is sometimes very uncomfortable.

You now have concrete tools to guide you the next time you have an important decision to make.

Now it's up to you to see which one awaits you.

Caroline