Success, whether in business or relationship, is ultimately founded on the decisions that a person makes. Some people might simply argue that such state in life is governed mainly by the predetermined course of events or by sheer drop of luck in one's existence. But, be that as it may, you still cannot discount the fact that a human person has the capacity to shape his own luck. Or one might simply put it, that through free-will and intelligence and the refinement of both a person makes a smart and wise decision in life which in turn yields success.
However, such capacity to make wiser decisions is sometimes being thwarted by some random of events. Events and experiences as such ones not properly contemplated upon will soon lead to a lack of foresight and in turn resulting to wrong decisions; and if not overcome it would result to failure. Though failure is considered by many as an opportunity to begin more intelligently, still it would matter most if you could begin wisely. If there is no need for you to touch the fire in order to know whether it is hot or not, then why bother feel the burning flame. What follows underneath are steps in making wiser decisions that you may choose to apply whether in business and work or in any aspects of life.
Collect Necessary Information
As previously known, it through experience that we gain information and it is through the processing of information that knowledge is generated, so to speak. That is why, in every experience that we encounter, good or bad, we must learn to gather necessary and relevant information in order to help us foresee what would be the outcome of the decision that we would soon be making. It is also through this information that we might be able to draw possible alternative answers to the query at hand while still maintaining less negative repercussions or better yet none at all.
Consider Still Your Visceral Response
In situation when abrupt answers are needed and there would only be limited time to reflect, one may simply trust his or her instinct in making decisions. This type of response is based mostly on previous experiences and inculcated knowledge. If this is the time that you'll get burned, following the analogy above, so be it. What is more important is that you have learned to trust your instinct and firmly stand by it. Such action on following your intuition in a way echoes the idea of a philosopher when he said that "the heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing."
Is It Your Decision
It would really take some time and more pages to make a synthesis in order to reconcile the two previous advices given. And in order to put a cap on this discussion, it would be better to bring back a very relevant question to your attention. In making a decision, try to ask yourself if it is your decision that is really needed, or whether you are the one responsible in searching for a solution. By doing so, you are relieving yourself of unnecessary burden.
The tips mentioned above in quantity may be insufficient, but the quality of result they may give ones followed would really be abundant. From those points given, other relevant steps would soon follow. Just try to remember that in life, though hard work is good, wise decision and smart moves would still be better in ensuing success.
