How to harness the power of decision making

How do you make decisions? No matter how trivial this question may appear the way we make decisions could be determine how successful or effective our lives could be. This is because decision taking is a skill which sets in motion a process, leading to events that have effects and consequences in your life. I  have been reading a book by Anthony Robbins; "Awaken the Giant Within" , How to control your mental, emotional, physical and financial destiny . The book as a whole is a wonderful read, but the chapter on decision: the pathway to power was very insightful because it threw more light to me on some bolts and nuts of decision making.

The key point that came out from the topic is the link between our decisions and our destiny in life. For me the distinction from all I have read or understood about decision making was the key role decision making has to play on how successful one becomes. These decisions are on three levels and they each affect our destiny and the result we get from life. They will affect what you will notice (experience), how you will feel (emotion), and ultimately what you will contribute (result or outcome), and who you become (destiny). Your ability to control them will determine, the control you have in your life. This will help you to sculpt your experience.

These decisions that control your destiny are;

1. Your decisions about what to focus on

2. Your decisions about what things means to you

3. Your decisions about what to do to create the results you desire

Therefore as we live our day to day life, we are all giving this gift of thought, feeling, and privileged to act. These activities of daily living creates experiences based on the the decisions we have made. Therefore it is important that we have to determine what to focus on, and the value we attach to things, and the behaviour we need to adopt so as to create the results we desire Therefore, it is important that we are in control of our conscious and unconscious thought processes which ultimately impact the results we get.

It is important to understand how the unconscious, an internal construct created by your brain to help you in decision making rather in a remote sense. These are:

1, Your core belief and unconscious rules

2. Your life values

3, Your references (memory maps stored in the neocortex to help you predict future patterns of information based on past outcomes); basis for intelligence outcome.

4. the habitual questions that you ask yourself and

5. The emotional states you experiences in each moment

In the book, Anthony Robbins, mentioned that the, "synergistic relationship of these five elements exerts a force that is responsible for prompting you to or stopping you from taking action, causing you to anticipate or worry about the future, making you feel loved ore rejected and dictating your level of success or happiness. It determines why you do what you do and why you do not do some things that you know you need to do,"

Being aware of the above elements and the way that they impact our decision making process remotely could be leverage we need in our decision making process. We can override them by making conscious decisions at any moment in our lives. This is because we do not want the programming of our past to control our present and future.

In conclusion, learn to apply the three levels of decision making, be aware of the five internal elements of your unconscious brain and how they affect conscious decision, live your life based on making intelligent decisions, commit as well as be flexible to your decision and watch your progress.