How To
Make Faster Decisions

Getting yourself ready...

If you want to know how to make faster decisions, you need some kind of decision making system in place. And like any other system, when it works smoothly and easily it becomes more efficient. This means, of course, that the first thing to do is to put a system in place.

 

I know, I know! Some of you may have been hoping to skip this step. But before you do anything, consider this.

Do you want to know how to make faster decisions because you need to make a particular decision quickly and you're prepared to put up with whatever long-term consequences come along?

Or do you want to put a solid decision making model in place that will teach you how to make faster decisions that work every time? Where not only the short-term but also the long-term consequences are in your favour?

If it's the former, I have found just the thing for you! A decision making novelty! It would actually be funny except for the fact that some people actually live their lives this way!

If you want to know how to make faster decisions using a dependable decision making model and you are also committed to having a life that works on many levels, read on…

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If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe.

-Abraham Lincoln

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Know thyself

If you're in a bad state, and you're having a bad day, you make bad decisions.

If you're having a great day, and you're in a great state, you make great decisions. You also know how to make faster decisions using your own reliable decision making model. So it makes sense to make sure you're in a great state. And if you know how to make sure you're in a great state, why would you not choose to be this way all the time?? So let's consider what you're like...

In your best moments...

There are times when you're in great form, when everything is going your way. There's a sense of being calm... at peace... and at ease. You feel relaxed and ready for whatever happens... There is an overall sense of well-being and satisfaction.

It's as if all you have to do is to turn up, and things happen for you.

Things that were problematic before are now different. Everything is right with the world and things work out for you. People often describe it as feeling light, walking tall, or being on top of the world. For athletes, it's being 'in the zone'.

Other people may bring to you things that for them are a problem. And in an instant, you have a solution that works easily and quickly. Like this, you naturally know how to make faster decisions.

Some of you may be thinking that this is all well and good, but it doesn't happen very often for you. This may be true, and when you are this way, even if it's only for a moment, there is something magnificent about it.

You feel whole, complete and internally aligned. Mentally, emotionally and physically you are operating as a single unit. You are very much in the present... and at the same time, moving into your future... Your whole system is centered and grounded... and simultaneously any action or movement is done with the least amount of energy needed... You are relaxed... and ready...

So consider for yourself what it's like when you are this way. Give yourself a couple of seconds, pause for a moment, and notice what it’s like for you...

When you're at your best...

Chances are, to even consider this, you moved your physical body in some way. It may be that you sat back, that you set up straighter, or you relaxed your shoulders, or took a breath in a certain way. But you made some kind of postural adjustment.

The particular adjustment that you made is how you access the operating position that I've been referring to. You move your physical body, and it has an impact on your system.

Most people are acutely aware of the various muscle tension and aches they have when they are stressed. They are not usually aware of their muscle tone and level of relaxation that is present when your system is operating at its optimum.

Learning what this position feels like, and learning how to access it, is incredibly useful. Not only do you know how to make faster decisions, but the way you perceive the world shifts. For a start, your attention is no longer on problems and difficulties. Instead you attend to what is working and what is possible for you.

All your past experiences, learnings and resources are instantly available to you. So all this knowledge and information is present when you come to actually make decisions, when you're going through the process of decision making.

The preparation, of course, is in setting up the starting position. Oftentimes it easier to have somebody else point out to you the movements that you make.

A magnificent start

However, the time and effort is well spent. Once you know how to access this position it is always available to you.

It becomes a matter of simply choosing to access this position. And from here you invariably make good decisions. Decisions that are beneficial to you and those around you, both in the immediate future as well as into the distant future.

And with a little practice, the whole decision making process becomes very fast. And even though you may make faster decisions than before, you are assured that they are appropriate for you in terms of getting what you want.

Using this particular model to know how to make faster decisions with confidence also means that you get to strengthen your operating position. Because it's built into the model. It's not just an aspect of this decision making model, it's the basis upon which this decision making model is structured.

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