Do you feel stuck in any area of your life? Are you too scared to take the appropriate steps to advance your career, relationships, health, and wealth?
Do you want to start making successful choices that will continually move you in the direction of your dreams?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, it may be time to assess your decision-making process. Understanding how the process works is essential to bypassing major obstacles along your path to success.
Recall the most difficult choice(s) you’ve faced in your adult life: Choosing a health-care plan, planning your wedding, leaving your job, starting your own business, figuring out how much you need to save for retirement.
Most of us are programmed to make decisions based on fear, low self-esteem, and a lack of willpower.
So instead of making bold moves, we end up stuck in the comfort zone.
Luckily, it’s scientifically proven to be possible to reprogram your brain for higher levels of consciousness. So, if you’re dissatisfied with the way things are developing in your life right now, making a concerted effort to move out of the comfort zone—in order to make better decisions—will be the key to being the person you want to be and creating the life you want to have in the future.
Here are some steps to help you make better decisions:
Visualize your future, successful self.
If you want to know how to make successful decisions, take a moment to think about what success means to you. How do you define personal success? Write your answer down in a journal or on a piece of paper.
Next, visualize your ideal, future self. Do this by getting into a relaxed position, close your eyes, and allow your mind wander into a daydream.
What do you see and feel? Are you beaming with energy? Do you have a healthy glow about you? Are you in the best shape ever? Are you in love? Do you have a supportive community and a fun circle of friends?Are you financially independent? Do you get along well with your business partners, colleagues, and employees? Take notes, if you’d like.
Creative visualization is an important technique for those of us on the path of great success. When you have a positive mental image . . . and see yourself as a successful person, you begin to believe you’re capable of perfect health, happiness, and wealth. Seeing is believing, right? And you must believe in order to achieve.
Recognize the power behind each decision you make.
Before you make a decision, you have to understand the effects of your choice. Any decision that you make causes a chain of events to happen.
For example, if a company you’d love to work requires you do a presentation for key stakeholders before you’re hired . . . and you decide not to go through with it because you have a fear of public speaking, that decision might result in you missing out on an opportunity to have your own multi-million dollar company in the future.
In this case, it all boils down to first making the decision to overcome your fear of public speaking, so you can do what you love and be financially independent for the rest of your life.
Go with your gut.
When you find yourself wavering between multiple options, your intuition is one of your most powerful decision-making tools. To hone in on your gut feeling, stop for a moment and don’t think about the pros and cons . . . simply sit in a quiet place and notice what feelings come to the surface.
Do you feel tight in the chest area? Or an open lightness in your heart? Do you feel relief? Excitement? What other physical sensations do you feel?
Research shows that our instincts often first hit us on a visceral level, telling us what we need to know well before our consciousness catches up.
Don’t ask other people what you should do.
You don’t have to ask people what they think. It makes it even more difficult to make a decision when you are caught up in other people’s opinions about what’s best for you.
If you ask 4 people what they think you should do, you will most likely get 4 different rants of advice. And the feedback will likely lead to confusion and second guessing.
Feel free to consult the people who will be directly affected by your decision . . . and then confidently let everyone know what you’ve decided.
