Effective decision making requires the right knowledge and mastery. When you master the art of decision making, the world would see you as being ‘lucky’. But, was it truly luck? Of course, luck is not the thing.
The word ‘luck’ is the excuse a lazy person gives for lack of discipline to develop mastery. Masters of art of any craft had overtime dedicated their time, energy and resources to becoming better at what they do.
Likewise, mastery in decision making would demand from you lots of work and dedication. But then, why is decision making important?
The answer is simply because we are all products of decisions and choices. You are where you are today because of the decisions you took some years back and the choices you made. If you desire any change in your life today, then you must master the art of decision making about anything you do.
How to Master the Art of Decision Making?
Do you struggle with making decisions, especially when you have multiple options? Are you about making a decision and you are afraid of being wrong? Have you ever made decisions that made you regret later? Well, you are not the only victim of this kind of ordeal. We have all made wrong decisions at one time or the other in our life.
However, dwelling on your past wrong decision will never change your future. You will need to work on better decision making strategies. The truth is, decision-making is not just about choosing from what you feel or think could be right for you. The process of making the right decision involves combined effort of knowledge, intuition, logic and creative mental reasoning.
In this blog post, I will like to share with you the three (3) effective strategies to master the art of decision making. So, whether in business, relationship or choices of event, these strategies will help you decide correctly without regret.
- Master Your Fear
“Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.”
– W. Clement Stone
Fear has torment. The first hindrance to effective decision making is the fear of the unknown. When fear comes with its deception, everything else you ever know or wish to do could meltdown before your eyes. Fear would make you see yourself less and create a false identity in your mind about what does not exist.
What many people do not know about F.E.A.R is that it is only a False Evidence Appearing Real.
At every giant step you are about to take or a decision you are about to make, you need to understand that fear will surely knock at your door. However, it is up to you not to give it a chance in your mind.
One way to overcome your fear is to stay calm prior to making your decision. Mastering your fear requires shutting down anxiety first. Do not let anxiety dictate to you at the point of making a decision. Rather than making decisions out of anxiety or pressure, you could take time out or get involved in something else before coming back to your decision.
In addition, fear does not attack your action; it only creates self doubt in your mind. Once you know that fear cannot stop you from taking action, then, it is expedient you give that aspiration a try. I will rather try and fail than not do anything at all.
Consequently, learning to master the art of decision making does not mean everything will be perfect. So, do not always let fear make you think perfection is equal to perfect decisions. There are some effective decisions you will have to make that you assume to be perfect but the consequence does not turn out as you anticipated. At those times, regret should not be your resolve. Learn to find comfort in knowing that you made the right decision and you did it meticulously.
- Identify your goal– Mastering the Art of Decision Making
What exactly do you want to achieve? How do you plan to achieve them? What future do you want for yourself? What are your goals? All these questions would help you look inward before making any decision.
Knowing what you want is one piece of the cheese, knowing how to get it is another. Identifying what you need is very important in making an effective decision. Now, Effective decision-makers not only understand what they want, they also know how to get it.
- Master the Art of Decision Making by Changing Your thought Patterns
Your thoughts determine your words, and your words invariably determine your actions. You cannot think negatively and take positive actions. Your thoughts can’t be contrary to your actions and decisions. Likewise, you cannot think impossibly and still make an effective decision. Your thoughts must be well aligned and your mind intuitive to make an effective decision.
Surprisingly, many decisions people make these days are from experiences, hear-say, Netflix and what they see on social media. What we see and hear gets into our minds through the gateway of our ears and eyes. Once these things become settled in the mind, you begin to outlive them through your action.
For example, a person who gives much time and attention to watching pornography would experience a distortion in the brain. Porn can hijack the brain activities, alter its functions and cause retardation in the mind. Once the mind is affected, the thought pattern cannot be right and decisions making for a regular porn viewer will be affected because porn destroys its victim’s willpower to make the right decision.
Subsequently, if your decision making strategy is through someone else’s experience, what you watch, or popular opinion from social media, you might be making the mistake of judging a fish and a monkey with the same yardstick in a swimming competition. I mean to say that you should never make a decision based on another person’s ideology. If you have been doing that before now, I think now is the best time to change.
Truly, your thought functions by information. The bottom line is to never consume all information hook, line and sinker. There are things you know that have been making you make wrong decisions. If you will learn from others at all, make sure you learn from someone who is an expert in what you are about to do. Mastering in the art of decision making requires learning from masters as well.
In addition, explore information specific to things that would help you reach out to your higher self. You change your life by changing what you feed into your mind as information.
In conclusion, there is no bad or good decision. There are only bad decision makers. For you not to fall into this class, you will need to master the art of decision making through the aforementioned strategies.
