It's Your Decision

Deb is a Communication Coach. Her services focus on building, strengthening or repairing relationships for individuals, teams or groups. Contact her using the form on her website at: DobbsCommunication.com

Choices. Life is full of them. In a world bubbling with technology and messaging, we are inundated with options -- choices. How do you sort them out? Are you happy with your decisions? Or do you dream of changing them? How do you decide? What process do you use to select a way forward? Then finally, when you make your decision, do you get what you want? Or do you find yourself faced with disappointment?  Have you ever thought about how your decisions impact your work or home life? Let’s take a closer look at what happens when you make decisions.

Some people are direct and analytical. They look at situations, evaluate alternatives and move forward. They rarely if ever look back. Others reach out for confirmation from coworkers, friends or family. They may have their eye on a timeline. Yet they wait to get more information before they decide. While there are other people who wing it. They make decisions in the moment They don’t have concern for consequence or outcome. Then finally, there are some people who resist decision making. They avoid it. They make indecision their decision. Which category fits you? Do you prepare as best you can, then adapt as needed? Or, are you stubborn? Using some industry terms, are you nimble? Are you agile? Or do you procrastinate? Stagnate? Block change?

Today, take a step to make your decisions proactive. Like the rippling effect of water when a stone falls in it, your decisions influence the perceptions and reactions of others.  Your decisions have consequence. Discover your decision-power! Examine your own perceptions. Be a forward thinker. Empower yourself to make quality decisions. Your results will manifest.

Deb Dobbs

I am a communication consultant and entrepreneur.

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Volume 9, Issue 12, Posted 1:10 PM, 12.07.2018