Decision making: Tips from a life coach
/My mother and other close family members have always said I’ve been the worst when it comes to decision making. I’m especially bad when there’s a large array of options like those large restaurant menus that provide every food type under the sun!!! I’m one of those people who would just love to try everything!!
Making a decision…
just any decision…
is also something I see as being one of the biggest challenges for clients in the throes of figuring out what they’d love to do for their career/dream career.
HINT: Your ability to just choose something whether it’s the right/wrong choice for you, will, ultimately, faster help you discover what you really want.
Here are some more tips I’ve picked up over my years as a life coach to help you do just that:
Be aware of what emotion you’re avoiding when it comes to making your decision.
For me, it’s usually a fear of something such as a fear of making the wrong decision and having to deal with the practical but moreover, emotional consequences of that. Not deciding what to do is just a form of emotional procrastination and avoidance.
2. Remember your capability when it comes to handling the majority of such consequences.
Reality is that whatever the outcome of your decision, you’re likely able to handle it. It can be easy to forget to have that level of faith in yourself.
3. Get clear on all potential consequences of your decision.
For these are what you’re actually choosing.
4. Make a standard Pros and Cons list.
Most know this tip. Most don’t do it.
5. Remember that you’ve actually already made a decision by NOT making one.
It’s just a default decision and the least empowering decision of all. Making a NON- default decision, however it turns out, will more than likely provide you with so much more than this default. In other words, JUST MAKE ONE!
6. It’s not WHAT you choose but WHERE you choose it from that matters.
This is a saying in my coaching world. The statement is intended to cause you to question WHO you want to BE about your decision or WHERE, on an internal level, you want to make your decision FROM. For example, do you want to BE a leader or follower, a compassionate human, a friend, an explorer, a knowledge seeker, a courageous or fearful person?
