7 Tips for Powerful Choices

Have you ever made a “dodgy” choice in your life?  Have you agonized for days trying to make up your mind on what to do, only to have events overtake your decision?  Do you always choose the safe, tried and true option?  Your life today is the result of the choices you have made in the past.  Your future is the result of the choices you make today.  If you want a different future then make different choices in your life.

7 tips for powerful choices

1. Clarity. Be really clear about what choice you are trying to make.  This sounds simpler than it really is.  What are the boundaries of the choice you are making, are there any limits other than your own beliefs?
2. What outcome do you want?  What is your ideal outcome, what about a non-ideal outcome that you can live with?  What outcome will you absolutely not accept? Setting your boundaries and what you intend to happen, will make the difference in your future life.
3. What outcomes have you had in the past.  If you don’t like what has happened in the past, try something different this time.
4. It is OK to say no to an option.  You don’t have to accept everything offered to you if you really want something else.  Sometimes you have to say no to good, to accept something exceptional.
5. Make a choice.  In life there are no wrong decisions—you will learn from everything you do.  So, make a choice.  You can always make another choice later if you need to.
6. Tell people why you have made your choice if appropriate.  Many times we make a choice and because we have thought it through, expect others to understand why we have made that choice.  Unless you are at a convention of psychics, this is not reality.  Explain your thinking to people affected by your choice and you will have a more harmonious life.
7. Reflect. Think about what outcome you wanted and if your choice gave you that outcome.  If not, why not.  What can you do differently next time?

Ingrid Cliff is a Brisbane based Business Development and Human Resources Consultant to Small and Medium Businesses with her company Heart Harmony www.heartharmony.com.au.