The more space you can introduce into your decisions, the better the decision.

When you make your focus Spacious Decision Making, your level of decision-making skill and ability to arrive at high-quality decisions goes way up. Way up.

This mindful principle of increasing the gap between stimulus and response is useful in many other aspects of life and work, too. Communications. Relationships. Negotiation. Conflict. Rapport-building. Emotional self-regulation. And so on. But let’s stick with decision-making …

How can you introduce SPACE into your next decision. Here are a few ides …

#1 Imagine someone you know has the same dilemma you’re faced with. What would be your advice for them? What would you suggest they reflect on as the key decision-affecting factors?

#2 Imagine a conversation with future, wiser you – where that version of self is not only wiser, but has the benefit of hindsight too. What does Wiser You have to contribute to Present You?

#3 Take a breath. And notice the emotional charge that’s surrounding this decision. What are the emotions at play? Name them. We don’t want to rid ourselves of them. But we do want to be aware.

#4 Introduce additional time between the request for a decision and your response. Prepare a stock phrase that buys you the time (and space) you need to exponentially increase your decision clarity.

DISTANCE is the key. Make your commitment now to more Spacious Decision Making.

There are, of course, a great many situations where decision speed is of the essence. But don’t let that fool us into thinking there’s never room for this sort of internal intervention.

We’re not talking days and days of pondering. We’re talking just a few minutes: for a lot less noise – and a whole lot of perspective.

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