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Sunday, 21 September 2014

Upgrade Your Decision Making Skills

5 Tips to Make the Right Decisions in the Midst of Chaos

by: Beth Tabak


“In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”–Theodore Roosevelt


As I wandered a parking lot looking for my car I realized the quality of my decision making skills shrunk drastically in the midst of chaos. We make hundreds of decisions daily. They’re the heartbeats of our lives. They make or break us. Are we making good ones? The ones that make a huge positive impact in how we feel about who we are, how we spend time, the growth of our businesses, and the difference we make in the world. The schedule is packed, the pressure is on, and we maintain our responsibilities at whatever cost. Here are 5 tips to upgrade your decisions in the midst of chaos for life transforming results.


Stay present~ When busy the mind tends to move ahead of your body, as in the example above. This is where things get misplaced and forgotten, accidents and misunderstandings occur, confusion sets in, and time gets wasted. Bring your mind to the present moment. Stay focused on what you want to complete one step at a time.


Explore Your Choices~ Consider all of your choices. If you can’t see choices, ask others what they see for you. To discover the right answer ask your self introspective questions to put first things first. Here are some of my favorites from Debbie Ford ’s book The Right Questions:



  • Will this choice propel me toward an inspiring future or will it keep me stuck in the past?

  • Will this choice bring me long-term fulfillment or will it bring me short-term gratification?

  • Is this an act of self-love or is it an act of self-sabotage?

  • Am I standing in my power or am I trying to please another?

  • Will this choice add to my life force or will it rob me of my energy?


Listen to Your Intuition~ Is this decision ego or soul driven? Is it coming from the head or the heart? This is raising your level of consciousness and shifting from being in control to a place of trust. I had a teleclass leader at Coach U, www.coachinc.com, who said “if you can stop the chatter in your mind long enough to get the message you will find intuition is never wrong”.


Stop ~ Be still, breathe, listen, be at peace, and rejuvenate. Principle 2 in the book The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, explains that “Because energy capacity diminishes both with overuse and with underuse, we must balance energy expenditure with intermittent energy renewal.” Make decisions from a place of renewal vs. being drained.


Acts Boldly on the Important Stuff First~ When you discover the right answers follow up with bold action trusting that you have everything within you to handle whatever the outcome. The right answers are not always the easiest. Martin Luther King ’s right answer took guts. Oprah’s decision to take “the high road” took guts. Know you are capable of so much more.


Imagine the transformation in your life and business if you take a moment to consciously upgrade your decisions. Try it, and let me know how it works out for you!


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Great Things Materialize Once We Start to Visualize

by: Greg Reid


Watching the last Olympics really amazed me. The feats of strength were fantastic, and the drama of the events themselves was captivating. But what really made the biggest impact was being reminded of something we all know or have learned in the past, and yet rarely put into action for ourselves: the art of visualization.


Now, I’m not talking about some deep Buddhist trance. I’m talking more along the lines of visualizing in our minds the actions we wish to take, the things we’d like to have, or even the personal relationships we desire in clear detail, before they actually appear.


It simply dumbfounded me to realize that all of these athletes spent time visualizing in their minds their entire routine, race, or event before they began their quest. I could see it in their eyes, the way they were visualizing each step, every turn, before they took a deep breath and ventured out into history.


This is where I ask you: When was the last time you gave yourself that much attention in the way you perform your life’s tasks, or visualizing how you see your days in the future?


Could you imagine waking up each day with a clear focus on your desires?


Could you imagine the power you could give yourself by visualizing a goal and seeing it come to fruition in your mind’s eye?


So many people say to me, “I want to be happy, I want to be rich, I want that perfect relationship.” Yet, when pressed, rarely do these people have a clear picture of what that would be. Without a clear vision, what they want could be right in front of them the whole time, but how would they know?


So, I turn it over to you.


What do YOU want out of life? Use your imagination, and do a little “daydreaming,” so to speak, then write down the vision for your happiness and fulfillment.


Once you do, you’ll find that the picture you see for yourself isn’t so crazy after all, and with the right direction, all things really are possible.


Because great things materialize, once we start to visualize.


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Thursday, 18 September 2014

Anyone Can Become Irrational Given The Right Circumstances

Just About Anyone Can Become Irrational If Given The Right Circumstances, But…

by: Janet Arango


It happens to everyone at least once in a while. We’re in a hurry. We run in someplace to grab a few items, maybe a soft drink, and something else. And ‘POW!’ we’re smack in the middle of a dispute. Suddenly the fur’s flying, and our distress is out there running the show; decorum… completely forgotten. Nothing fits, nothing works, and nothing we do resembles our normal, sensible character. And ultimately, everyone leaves the situation feeling really stupid and miserable. With hindsight, thereafter, struggling to reach full-bloom, and for the rest of the day we’re thinking about how we could’ve or should’ve said or done, this or that.


Well, one of those annoying incidents happened to me the other day. This cashier actually calls us over, and out of our line.


“I’ll take you over here,” she insists. But within the time it took us to leave our line, and get over to her register, she was already deeply embroiled in giving some traveler directions across town. So we stood there… and we stood there… and we kept standing there…


“If we’d stayed where we were,” I thought, “we’d be finished and on our way by now!”


This is the moment… Now what? Do we make raving idiots of ourselves, as we start filling up with exasperation? Where do we go from here? How do we escape with our sensibilities intact? The incident has no solution, no magic wand, and what’s worse, every situation that sneaks up on us is always different. What do we do now… explode?


I’m in a hurry…!


“What would someone I admire do?” I thought. Who do I admire? Who would know how to handle this? Who would know how to complete the transaction, and exit unembarrassed and unscathed? Humm…


Well, maybe she’d grab the right amount of cash, politely put it down on the counter, and smile appropriately, while getting the attention of the cashier. Then, perhaps, she’d slowly begin walking out of the store. So I dig, and I dig some more… I don’t have the right amount of cash, not even close.


Now what…?


“I’m running late!” No… she wouldn’t yell that.


“Excuse me… Miss…” So I say that, but she ignores me. About now, I’m inwardly seething. What would someone I admire do?


Why do I have to be extra calm because someone else is being extra rude?


“Ma’am,” I say to the woman asking for directions. “If you would just allow me to borrow the cashier for a moment, I’ll be on my way and you can have her back again,” I smile sweetly… even sincerely.


“Oh, I’m sorry,” she responds, immediately stepping away from the counter, while smiling back.


Within less than three minutes, we were out the door heading towards the car, and noticing all the happy little girls, in the SUV , that the female driver was chaperoning. Suddenly I begin to realize I’m not so upset, and that they look like mini baton twirlers… cute, with pink makeup on their cheeks… really cute.


And as I pull out of my space, with a full tank of gas, and a gallon of milk, it occurs to me that drawing on someone I admire, and considering what that person would do, doesn’t diminish me. It doesn’t diminish me to become extra calm when someone else is being extra rude.


In fact, “what it did,” I thought, driving away, “was force me to become someone I admire.”


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