How to know what decision to take

Sometimes we need to take a very important decision and we are blocked, regardless of how clear continue. Here are some guidelines to learn how to open the mind and find the answer.

The difficulty of making decisions

There are many times where you are stuck, blocked and unclear. It is not that you don’t know to make decisions or how to do things, or is a matter of fears, but that you simply don’t know what to do.

Maybe you’ve already met the goals and objectives that you’ve proposed, either you’ve brought into a situation and you realize that already does not motivate you and you don’t know which way to follow below. It can also be that you have to make a major professional decision, that mark your career from now and you are totally blocked.

This situation is very common and frustrating, because there is nothing worse than uncertainty; and, in general, is due to that don’t know what you want. However, the experience with my customers tells me that, ultimately, that you know; you only need to dig a little to bring it to light.

Tips to know what decision to take

Takes note of these tips:

Stay away from where these: often your situation, stress and family pressures and of those who surround you are too strong to let you to think clearly. As much as you try, you can’t. It is normal in these situations it is difficult to hear what you really want, so it is important that you can make time for you (that utopia for many people).

Now is when we most need it, and I don’t mean ten minutes, but all the time you need to think clearly away from your usual environment. So you go on vacation, even just a couple of days or, if not you can go, take the weekend to you, totally isolated, to think. Go for a walk, take a relaxing bath, listens to music. You need to let your thoughts without the daily pressures.

Reconsider your values and needs: many times, the reason for your stagnation is that you are not aware of your values and needs, or that they have changed and what you previously filled no longer makes it. When your life is not aligned with your values you feel unhappy, and when your needs are also not covered. For this reason, it is important that you know them and is one of the exercises I give to my clients. I have already mentioned once that my three core values are honesty, learning and growth. Be aware that makes me easier to make decisions and know what I want. In addition, if they were not present in my life, I would be unfulfilled and incomplete.

Defining success: another fundamental step, make sure that you live your life on your own terms, not according to the rules of others. It is easy to believe the idea of success than other people and media show you, but if it is not what you want you will feel unhappy. Sometimes happens that, after many years fighting for what you thought you wanted, when you get it you realize that does not make you happy. It is important that you define what is success to you, in all areas of your life. Normally, the success is associated with professional success, and for some people it is, but is it for you?

Choose what really matters to you: is mentioned in many articles, learn to prioritize, know choose what is really important in your life and devote your efforts and your time to that. Something very important is also accept that we don’t have to do it and have it all at the same time. It is good that you want to make the most of life and have many goals and dreams and goals; but that does not mean that you have to do all this year and that finish stressed by lack of time. Examines your list of goals and decide what you want and you can do this year, and what can wait a little longer. There are things that if procrastinate them not passes nothing.

For example, a my I love travel and there are many sites that I would like to go, but there are some that it is better to go now that I’m young and others to which I can go forward, although he tired more and does not follow the pace. You can do anything you want, but be realistic according to the time and energy you have.

When you have clear your values, needs, priorities and definition of success, things are otherwise, costs you less decisions, costing you less find what you want, because you know you best, that is paramount to live life according to your rules and feel satisfied with your actions and decisions. What do you need to find you?