How do you measure a decision?
The norm is to default to judging decisions by outcomes – good, bad, or worse?
Which is like judging a vacation solely by the return journey.
But we all know… a vacation is much more than how it ends. It’s a sum total of all the psychological richness unfolding as moment-to-moment experiences lived in that journey.
Decisions need to be viewed through the same lens as vacations.
The final leg of our vacation is too late to shape any meaningful experiences. It’s ditto with decisions.
Like a vacation, what stays with you in a decision is the journey… not the destination.
The insight doesn’t arrive at the end; it reveals along the way.
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How did you feel when you first realised you needed to embark on a decision journey?
What were the emotional currents sweeping through when your brain was firing the initial predictions on all the possible outcomes?
Why did you choose a particular thinking model as the preferred vehicle of inquiry?
What regrets did you choose that gave you the strength to bear any outcome, whatsoever?
When did you realise the decision either strengthens/weakens your value system?
How did your feelings change after having made a decision, and what new emotions surfaced?
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And finally, when you look back, similar to a vacation, even in decisions, you rarely regret the outcomes; the regret is always the journey you never took.
Fortunately, Mindful Productivity places a strong emphasis on the journey and the skills you can apply along the way to informed decision-making.
The decision is always yours to make.
But…
Like a skilled vacation planner, Mindful Productivity crafts the ideal itinerary tailored to your values, needs, and context.
Like a good vacation planner, Mindful Productivity also ensures you return with emotional snapshots and meaningful reflections that stay with you long after the decision is made.
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