1 Powerful Question To Take The Right Decisions

And you will never regret it!

I remember last time when I was thinking about how many decisions I took in my life that I regret. Sometimes I realize that I wasn’t even thinking about it before made them. My decisions were made according to the first thing that popped in my head without even think about it.

My common sense said: if that decision that I am about to take will bring me instant gratification, then I will go for it. It’s how I was working the decision process in my mind and the action that I used to take as a result.

After that, I was always complaining about it. I wondered why I was getting these results. I was having a hard time produced by the decision that I made before. I started to wonder What I am doing wrong? Why am I getting these outcomes?

Sometimes I tried to hide my emotions. I was trying to calm myself and pretend that I enjoyed the results produced by my decisions. But then I realized that the only person who I was doing sabotage was me.

“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” — Norman Schwarzkopf

Studies estimate we make 226 decisions each day on food alone. And as your level of responsibility increases, so does the multitude of choices you have to make. It’s estimated that the average adult makes about 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day. Each decision, of course, carries certain consequences with it that are both good and bad.

Let’s consider this.

The Strategies We Use To Decide

“It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.” — Jim Rohn

When we decide, we usually are guided for these reasons. It depends on the situation, our thoughts, and emotions to make a decision.

• Impulsiveness. I used to be guided for this. It’s the first thing that comes in your mind.
• Compliance. Choosing with the most pleasing, comfortable, and popular option as it pertains to those impacted.
• Delegating. Not making the decision yourself, but pushing it off to trusted others.
• Avoidance. Either avoiding or ignoring decisions in an effort to avoid responsibility for their impact of just simply preventing them from overwhelming you.
• Balancing. Weighing the factors involved, studying them, and then using the information to render the best decision at the moment.
• Prioritizing. Putting the most energy, thought, and effort into those decisions that will have the greatest impact.

Your Values: The Most Powerful Tool for Decision Maker

“Peace of mind produces right values, right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions.” — Mark Richardson

Back on time, I didn’t realize how important it was to analyze before making a decision, whether it’s an important decision like which school you will go or what we will get for lunch today.

Before making a decision is vital to be transparent about what your values in life are. What you really want. Be sincere about it will end up without regret in the future. You determinate your values based on the experience of happiness, pride, and fulfillment.

Your values are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work. They determine your priorities, and, deep down, they’re probably the measures you use to tell if your life is turning out the way you want it to.

Remember always make your decision according to your values. This will help you to make better decisions and don’t regret it.

Picture yourself in the future and ask this question:

Do you feel proud of that decision that you took at that moment in the past?

If the answer is Yes, go for it without any doubt, you will never regret it.

If the answer is No, stop yourself and don’t even think about it.

Finally, when your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier. Whether they are big or small, all of them count and enable you to be on the right path according to your values. Remember, life is perfectly designed for the results that you are actually getting.

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Godofredo Rojas is a writer, chef, and constant learner from Peru. He studied in Le Cordon Bleu in Lima, Peru. He moved to New York in March 2011. He’s on Facebook and Twiter.