Chapter 21
Ten Ways to Improve Decision-Making
In This Chapter
Focusing on inner qualities that facilitate decision-making
Exploring ways to foster creativity and innovation
Learning from others’ successes and failures
Creating a workplace that supports sound decision-making
You know what you want to achieve, yet the results aren’t showing. Why? Maybe you’re not getting the results you’re after because your decisions aren’t taking you to where you want to go. In this chapter, I offer ten suggestions that can help you make better decisions.
Find Your Inner Calm
Emotional stress interferes with how you process the information in your surroundings; if you’re panicking or stressed, your intellectual and intuitive intelligences are impaired. Your emotions overthrow your decision-making, and you end up in damage-control mode, trying to repair the negative consequences of poorly conceived decisions. Therefore, the number-one way to improve your decision-making is to regulate your emotions.
To restore your inner calm, you need to find your happy place. You can use deep breathing techniques ...
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