What is the greatest quality of leader, which distinguish it from followers ? Well, reading is there and it is basically the origin of this quality? Can you have a guess? if we compare the leaders from all over the world from every sector of work ,whether it's fashion ,art ,political ,social or personal, every leader has been the master of this art.
When Napoleon Hill was asked whether he would left his life and go for a journey for next 25 years interview successful and unsuccessful people from all over the world to write a book ,which means not a personal life or a normal life living ,under extreme conditions may be may be without living essentials for days and weeks and most importantly not having a family or uncertain income , no friends ,no belonging . What do you think how much time he had taken ? Minutes or days or weeks ? What could you have taken to make this decision? If we look in present time, people might still need time to understand what it mean but at that time he had taken the decision in less than 40 seconds. He had taken one of the most important decisions of his life in less than 40 seconds and that made the history because the book he wrote was none other than THINK AND GROW RICH.
When we look at the life of most productive people of biggest companies in the world , the top CEOs of greatest organisations, Businessman , political leaders or anyone who attains success in their life, the art of decision making is one of the basic characteristic that every leader has .T hey don't spend time in wasting what to wear, what to eat, what to watch ,not just that even while making an important decision of their company, they don't consult with hundred people and take opinions of others ,they feel like it ,they make it .Well not everyone has to deal with company stuff ,then how does it matter ? Well it does.
The art of decision making separates protective people from time wasters. Have you ever consciously observed your daily life? and calculated how much time do you take to make decisions? Let me ask you few questions that can help you to understand :
How much time do you take to decide what to eat in the breakfast ?
How much time do you spend to what to wear?
How much time have you spent deciding what will you watch on the TV?
There are actually Infinity questions to ask yourself check your ability decide on making? If you are wondering if people actually make decisions on daily basis well they do but in ignorance .They always sit at survival mode and let the situation decide for you.
What is importance of decision making? and why we should give it attention? Well if you are looking for a life in Incompetence, a life of 90%, then you don't have to read or do anything about it but if you want to live an extraordinary life and be under the group of those 10% percent people who make decisions and do it perfectly, you should give it a try because it gives to power your life. You become conscious of the abundance of possibility but you don't get lost in them .You become a master of time management .You become more productive. You remain at peace with your inner peace. To get out of the herd and join the club of leaders, who doesn't wait things to happen their way but conscious decision to make it their way. you get a sense of dominance.
It's not that we don't make decisions everything .We do but not consciously .we let the situation make it for us .We make habits and then the Habit decide for us . It can be good or bad but the thing is , situations are not always gonna be in a our way . So having the power to flexible according to the situation and decide consciously is a power .Sometimes a single decision can change your life your days and therefore it is important to make them smartly.
Now comes how can we learn this art ? It's well said that " when the student is ready teacher appears". There are several quality content online content and there are thousands of books which can give you the exact thing you are looking for. So I did some research and I am presenting you something that I learnd from many leaders and their books and I hope it will help you to decide.
5 used to set the art of decision making
1. Set your priority : Before deciding something ,you have to prioritise, what you really want. How you want them and ?where you want them?. If you are looking for a dress ,you should first decide and prioritise where are you going to wear that? , how you want to look ,setting priorities will lift you up from unwanted confusion and help you to reach the decision effectively
2. Eliminate excess/ reduce options : The more options you will take under consideration ,it will become hard for you to decide . When you want to make a decision eliminate all the stuff from the list which doesn't fall according to your priority. Don't consider what will they think or how will other people react. Takes your priority list and eliminate all the things that doesn't matter. It's your life ,you have to reduced to a level where you can enjoy it effectively and don't feel guilty about it. Reduce the list to the minimum level and then.
3. Decide in less than 5 seconds and then get over : The great Indian s personality and Businessman Ratan Tata once said" I don't make right decisions, I take decisions and then make it right". No matter what you decide somebody gonna have a issue with that .You will only regret later if you didn't take the proper action. So when you make a decision it's up to you to make it right or wrong..
4.Take responsibility of your decision a great leader is the one who make decisions and then take the responsibility of it the office find ourselves in Delhi murder of what to decide on the basis of what would be the articles see the outcomes are sometimes we wear according to US and most of the cases they must be not but that's not the focus of attention the actions you take after making a decision create the change to take responsibility of your actions and everything will fall under
5.Practice : Practice is the key of learning any skill. Observe and think, how and where do you get a chance to decide . Observed while making decision. See how you are doing things, don't get lost in outcomes, just take responsibility of your actions. Write journals . Remember the process. Try to make at least make three conscious decisions everyday.
At last, try this out, start your day with a conscious decision. When you hear your alarm clock ,don't just snooze it for 5 minutes ,wait for 5 seconds and decide, how will spending 5 minutes in your bed will affect your day. You would never waste your time ,the day as you are doing ,if you realised how less time we have and how more time we spent on doing things which are not supposed to take . keep going!
I will meet you at the top!!!!
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