Harness The Power Of Decision Making Within Yourself

Last week one of my colleagues resigned from the job.

But prior to submission & even after tendering his resignation, he seemed quite perplexed and ultimately on the pressure by his Manager, he had taken back his decision & now again he is in search of a new opportunity. Though I had been through him this period but it kept bothering me that Why we are not committed to our decisions or don’t we possess the power of decision making?

I have been thinking on these grounds & after dedicating a good number of hours to this, I have summed up the following points;

Use the power of decision.

We have the ultimate power within ourselves i.e. power of decision making.  We make lot of decisions in our daily life by choosing that which clothes we are going to wear for the party or to the office to what we will have in dinner. There is a need to use this power in the right & effective manner.

Whatever you do or can’t do, you are right. Henry ford.

Acquire the hardest step towards achieving your goal i.e. true commitment or true decision.

It is the most difficult task to build an honest & true commitment with your goal. Commitment is like a fuel to any decision, once you will develop a true commitment then decision making would have been ease down. Without having a firm commitment you can’t take any decisions because decisions firstly are affirmed by our commitment in our brain, then we roll out it into action.

Take Frequent Decisions.

Decision making is a prime skill which is inherent in one person. Like we do exercise to build our muscles similarly we have to harness the power of decision making by taking frequent decisions. Repetition is the mother of skill, so take quick & frequent decisions. Initially it might be that you may take some immature decisions but just believe that they are not wrong decisions because decision making is an art and art could not be wrong but it might be immature. Recurrence of decisions will make you perfect in that skill.

Learn from Decision.

It is your decisions not your conditions, which drive your destiny. So every time when you make a mature or immature decision, sometimes it gives you a feeling of an achievement & sometimes it learning experience or lesson. Whether there is an achievement or experience, you must evaluate your lesson, you got from your decision .Success truly is the result of good Judgment. Good Judgment comes from experiences and experiences are often the result of bad judgment.

 

Stays committed to your decisions & stay flexible to your approach.

Studies shows mostly successful people make frequent decisions & remain flexible in their approach to get their goal. Conversely unsuccessful people make rare decisions  but they frequently change their goal i.e. lack of persistency .Successful people focus on long term outcomes where as unsuccessful people focuses on short term results. It is like that we have goal to reach on some destination & we have planned route as well on map but don’t have a plan B in case our original plan will not work, so we must have an alternate route to reach our destination but we should not change our destination.

Enjoy your decisions

Share the outcome of your decisions with others & enjoy your decisions, what you have taken in any situation. When you will enjoy your all decisions, it will enhance your commitment & self confidence as well .Whether you had got achievement or  it was a learning experience , we should equally enjoy our decisions .Never be influenced by anyone in your decision, whatever decision you have made just stick to it  & enjoy it , Because it is your own decision.

And finally, my advice and slogan would be “Practice, Practice & Practice until you master this art of decision making perfectly.

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Syed Shahzad Ali 

HR Expert in Pakistan