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How many decisions do you make a day?
| Guest post by: Linda Sage |
Article Overview: How many decisions do you make a day? It’s something that few of us rarely think about. But in fact, life is made up of decisions, small and large. How well you make your decisions, or not even making a decision at all, can greatly affect your life. The ability to make good decisions is the hallmark of the successful person. Good decision making helps you achieve your goals and avoid mistakes. You can live out your dreams when you are able to make sound decisions and act upon them.
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How many decisions do you make a day?
How many decisions do you make a day?
It’s something that few of us rarely think about. But in fact, life is made up
of decisions, small and large. How well you make your decisions, or not even
making a decision at all, can greatly affect your life. The ability to make good decisions is the
hallmark of the successful person. Good
decision making helps you achieve your goals and avoid mistakes. You can live out your dreams when you are
able to make sound decisions and act upon them.
Each of us tends to have a certain style of decision
making. Take a glance at the list and
see where you fit in:
Impulsive: you go for the first choice presented to
you
Fatalistic: if something is meant to happen – it
will, it’s fate.
Compliant: you go along with the crowd or someone
else’s opinion.
Delaying: you need more time, or you’ll think about
it later.
Agonizing: you feel overwhelmed, and can’t make your
mind up.
,
Balancing: you
weigh all the factors, and then go ahead.
Of course the ideal method is the last,
“Balancing”. A very simple tool to help
you do just that is something called Benjamin Franklin’s Balance Sheet, &
yes, it is something that he came up with to help him make good decisions. It
is very simple, take a sheet of blank paper draw a line down the middle &
write all the pros one side of the line and all the cons the other side for
whatever you are considering. You then
refine it and assign a “weight or value” according to importance of +0 - +10
points against each point on the pro side, & -0 - -10 against each item on
the cons side and add them up. You’ll
quickly see the benefits of either side, and your decision will then almost
make itself. It does seem a little long winded, but do you remember leaning to
ride a bike or tie a shoe lace? How many
times did you try until it got – easy!
The same goes for this the more you do it, the quicker and easier it
becomes, until you can almost do it automatically – though that is not to say
when you have mastered it you will not make mistakes. Choosing the time and
place to make a decision can influence the outcome, if you are very emotional,
or alcohol fuelled; our logic system is often dysfunctional and very often
leads to regret, but even then you often have a good idea that are other
choices to be made. Plus we are human.
The most important thing is that we do actually make
decisions, by leaving things to fate or other people our life can slowly slip
past us, leaving us to think “where did all that time go?” Making decisions however small to start with,
is empowering. Which in turn makes us
want to do more and try more; which is great as there is a huge, wide world out
there, just waiting for your decision to conquer it, or not as the case may be!
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About the Author: Linda Sage RSS for Linda's articles - Visit Linda's website My background is in Forensic Psychology over the past 25 years I have been mentoring,teaching and lecturing the whole range of skills and abilities from Corporate to schools. I have built my own successful MLM Business, now I am mentoring and coaching on stategies for the improvement of yourself and business. Health, nutrition, fitness and life style to enhance your quality of life. I have helped thousands of people improve themself psychologically, their bodies, relationships, financial standing and lifestyle. I write weekly columns for local papers and magazines, have worked with local radio and television programmes. I am President of Mil Palmeras Toastmasters International. I also speak publically on motivation and weight loss, how these affect entrepreneurs and limit them. Online marketing and Newbie Training is the newest area of my business, many people suffer a lot on the internet, I know I did, so now I help people see that it is not as scary as they think and definately does not have to be as expensive. Time Management and self discpline are major areas for entrepreneursas the time just seems to run away. I live on the Costa Blanca in Spain, this was one of my first goals, now I have orange and lemon trees in my garden, my passion is to set bigger goals for myself and help others do the same. Life is amazing and it should be. I have a new ebook Personal Coaching for Change which is a very proactive book, in each chapter you can build on changing things in your life. Easy to read and follow. Click here to visit Linda's website   Thank You for the Music and Giving it to me Time and Tide Waits for no Man or Woman Eyes Across the Room Im Looking for a Hero Lifes Highway |
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