Decision Making can be one of the greatest hurdles in your path forward...

 Do you choose this option or that option? What if You meet with failure with what you choose?  Is the choice right for you - You would prefer to be safe rather than sorry?  How do you make an intelligent decision that will be the right decision for you?  What's more sometimes the decision you are about to make might be a 'For Life' decision, there is no turning back. In this case it is critically important to make the decision that is right for you on the physical plane as well as on the soul or intuition plane - You need decision making with insight... How to make a decision?

Lets take a brief look at decision making at the 'top':

Bush and his administration are really lousy decision makers...

The decision he made to invade Iraq turned out to be a big lie...
 He ended up proving that the USA is one big bully and a murderer too... It has the blood of its own valiant soldiers on its hands as well as the blood of thousands of innocent children, women and men killed for no reason in Iraq.
 It has effectively destroyed that nation for several decades to come... It has even taken away whatever dignity, livelihood and survival that had existed there during whatever semblance of Government that Saddam Hussein had.
 What ever its modus operandi now, ask a child who gets mutilated or looses his parents, or a mother who looses her innocent children...
 I do not think they will ever be able to wipe away that trauma from their minds for as long as they live...
 Go ask a holocaust victim who experienced trauma as a young child, and still bears that scar in his doting old age?, Can these wounds ever be healed... No , Bush has effectively sowed the seeds of more hatred for the Americans and the US nation... These could germinate anytime in the future. 

Another outrageous lack of adequate decision making is demonstrated by their mishandling of the Katrina crisis in the US of A itself... In reality , this was a crisis compounded by the government or lack of it. 

A third major decision making issue that is looming up and for which the Bush administration is behaving like an Ostrich/pigeon that faces fear by  burying its head in the sand/hiding its face in its feathers hoping that the issue will go away of its own accord and leave them alone and safe...
 This is the issue of Global Warming...
 Chunks of Glaciers are breaking off and melting away at an alarming rate resulting in rising water levels; Permafrost is melting in Siberia; Intense heat waves in France and other parts of the world have killed  the frail and the elderly...
 Yet the Bush Administration is of the opinion that there is no major crisis as yet... Global warming is a big hoax, as widely aired in the media.
 The change in weather has been experienced by even ordinary people... Yet this is not a major crisis for the USA even though the rising water levels are going to take over a large part of the coastal regions of Florida in the US of A itself? 

Is Bush dumb or what?
 Or does this prove that you do not need good decision making skills & abilities to be the leader of the most powerful nation in the world? 

If such a powerful leader can make such blunders in important  strategic decision making issues that effect the survival of his nation itself... What more of mere individuals like you and me?

 Yes Individual decision making can be equally tough. 

We could be quaking in our shoes, totally unable to make even basic decisions... 

There  are several popular consensus among the common mortals roaming this earth : Types of decision making: 

1. One popular viewpoint is:
 If you have to select between two options... always go for the difficult one, because this challenges you and makes you grow bigger than the problem and better of course...makes you more creative, more capable of handling even bigger issues, and  growing lucky along the way of life. 

2. The second prevalent opinion is:
 “If you can touch your nose the simpler way just by lifting up your hand, you do not need to take your arm/hand all around your head to touch it”... This means if there is a simpler way to reach something, why take the harder way? This makes total sense too. 

3. Though my way of decision making is soul decision - Intuitive Decision making or Decision Making With Insight:
If You are faced with two choices... Go listen to your heart, and your intuition...
Which option do you really want to go with; Not the one that is the right thing to do just because every normal person would be doing it; not because of peer pressure or family pressure... but what do you really want to do? What Feels Right deep down in your mind and heart?

Sleep over it for a few days...

If this option still pulls at your heart strings and you intensely wish that you could do it, even though you know that taking the other path is what society normally expects you to do, or is what you are obligated to do in respect /love for your family?

Here is another test:

Imagine yourself several years down the road, perhaps in your doting old age, sitting by the fire,  looking back and telling the story of your life to your grand children...

•  Would you feel a deep regret for not having done something in lieu for the choice you made?

•  or would you feel intense relief that you did not do that stupid thing you were about to do?

•  Is it a responsible thing to do - Would you feel proud of your actions and tell it proudly to your grand children?

•  Have you discussed it with your family and friends NOW... for if you can't discuss it intelligently with them now, I do not think you will be able to discuss it with your grand children in the future?

• Have you spent some time reflecting on your family and friends opinions?

• Are you well informed about all the options open to you?

• Are there any flutters/butterflies in your stomach every time you think of it - If yes, your intuition is trying to give you some kind of message and you need to do some more thinking.

  Just before you make that final decision...

 Take some quite time and listen to those little internal signals coming from your higher self, your intuition... does it feel right for you...Is your soul in tune with the decision? Is it the responsible thing to do, have you discussed it with your family and friends to obtain their opinions? have you spent some time reviewing your families/friends opinions and measuring their advice against your own? if it still feels just right than go and do it. 

4. Another way of decision making is by measuring up the two options against your goals:

 I am sure you do have some long term goals in your life... or don’t you? If you don’t, then it is imperative that you go and get some.
 You need some goals... Are the decisions you are making  in alignment with your bigger picture of your goal... Will it help you or hinder you along your path to your goal?
If it helps, than do it.
 For you need to filter out and take the decisions that bring you to the achievement of your goal the fastest. 

5. Yet another way, is looking at your current situations and analyzing what will be the best choice for you right now...
Look at your greater interests... your life, your family and your friends. Work by elimination. Eliminating the least  effective choices, and measuring final choice up against your intuition. 

Your intuition should be your internal reference point or gauge. This should always be used. It is the best and most reliable indicator of how well the decision will work for you. Even some of the most successful business people in history,  have  been known to consult their  intuitions for strategic decision making. This process is called soul decision making

 Also it is important to make Intelligent decision... Here is how to make an informed decision:
So Get Informed - Do some research and background checks. Don’t just rely on your emotions. Find out everything you can about your options, then keeping your big picture in mind, and referring to your intuition make a choice.

 Though if you find that you have made a wrong decision, remember there is always a possibility of stepping back and starting anew or correcting yourself. Or even learning from your mistake and correcting your actions for the future.

In summary:

• What are your options / choices available to you for decision making?

• Research and Get informed. Find out everything you can about them.

• Look at your big picture/ goals, which would be the best option in sync with your goals?

• Does the best option feel right? – If yes, go ahead and make the decision. If not, find out why... is it some kind of fear holding your back, can you correct it, or do you need to go back and review the other options.

Haste in decision making is not an option. Take your time and do only what feels right. And if you are in a situation where you need to make an instant decision, your intuition will usually be able to tell you what is right.

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