September 4, 2007

Making decisions easily to improve your life

Making decisions is one of those things we can all struggle with at times. The trouble is we often don’t know what we’re looking for—and don’t have much to base the decision on. Here’s a way to make decisions as to which path to follow without getting a headache. 

Many of the decisions we make concern choosing which path to follow, or which process is best. What we usually try to do is think things through and then hope we can somehow make a decision by sheer brain power.

The problem with making decisions in this way is that we are making decisions—or trying to make them—without setting parameters for our decision making. What happens is that we see a huge amount of information and making the decision overwhelms us. We can’t think straight enough to make the decision. And the longer we take to make the decision, the more difficult the decision becomes. We end up wasting time in a fog (of indecision!), when time is our most precious resource.

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Filed under time management, business and entrepreneurship by Steve.
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