Friday, June 11, 2010

Making Winning Choices

The choices you make in life determine the quality of life you live. We make hundreds of choices every, single day! Why, we even make a lot of them automatically, without even thinking about it. THAT is our problem! Stop and think about this for a minute...we are who we are and we are where we are, today, because of the choices we have made in our lives! Don't you think something that important would require a little contemplation rather than a snap decision?

How much trouble would we have spared ourselves, and others, if we had just thought about our choices before we made them? How much better would our circumstances be today if we had just done something different? How much money would we have today if we had thought about it before we made those impulse purchases?
The fact is, you should never waste your time regretting the past. Learn from it and use it to make it better in your present. Instead of regretting those choices, start thinking about your decisions BEFORE you make them.
Here are 5 steps to help you make better decisions...
1. Look at each choice in terms of its positives and negatives. What will be the consequences of either decision? What are the pros and the cons?
2. List your choices. What are your options?
3. Base each choice on FACT, not myth. What are the actual facts? Don't make up things that won't happen.
4. Look at the choices from different perspectives. Put yourself in someone else's shoes. Ask for input from someone else, if needed. You could very well have a biased point-of-view.
5. Never, never, never make a choice based on emotion. One of the main things that have led people to make bad choices was when they made the choice while they were emotional. Choices should be made rationally!

Learn to give some thought to every choice you make! Live life proactively instead of re-actively.

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