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The word Choices itself gives us clues to components of good decision-making. I believe that good choices are ones that bring about more ability, more freedom for ourselves and others and ones that allow for continued growth in situation. Here is a way of looking at your daily choices and seeing how they are or are not contributing to this.
C: Creative A good choice calls on your creativity, your interest in finding solutions that may have been hidden. They actual feel good in your body because you can feel energy of your creativity being engaged. This in itself is satisfying.
H: Healthy Faced with a decision you can always look at what is healthiest route both for yourself, for those involved and perhaps even for future. Healthy native cultures often make decisions based on impact they may have for generations to come. We have lost that long-range vision and often make short-term decisions that are detrimental to entire situation further down road.
O: Open- Opportunities Objective Does decision keep you open to possibilities? Does it bring in a larger field of opportunities? Are you able to make it in an objective as opposed to an emotionally reactive state?
I: Inspire Inspiration is usually outcome of a good decision. Even if solution is difficult or next steps hazardous you know that you are doing best thing possible in situation. Once more that in itself adds to your self-esteem and raises energy available in situation or system.
C: Connections Isolation of some sort is often by-product of questionable decisions. Whether that isolation is from others, our own selves or our talents and abilities. But when we maintain those basic connections we can more safely navigate new and unknown territory that some choices bring.
E: Empower At then end of day do your choices leave you feeling empowered author of your own decisions or do you feel caught in a web of confusion. If later is true it is time to stand back and begin to take a larger view of issues at hand.
S: Soul Finally choices that both utilize your connection to your soul and serve to support that bond are those that will bear richest fruit.
Ask yourself does this choice call on creativity does it lead to healthy actions that support an open attitude and opportunities that lead to inspiration of some kind empowering you and others to maintain soul- energy heart and guidance available in each moment. Choices such as these create energy not drain it- they feel good to us and at end of day we can rest easy knowing that regardless of outcome we have done best that we can.
We are authors of our lives and our business. Although we are each within a larger field of forces, history and pressures each of us has at our disposal creative wisdom, connection and creativity that help us navigate sometimes-chaotic landscape of each day.
Feel truth of what you are and at same moment act. Risk yourself for what you know is right and true. Fredrick Douglas, escaped slave from an Independence Day speech
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Connie Butler is a personal and professional coach working with individuals and groups to clarify their greatest vision and cultivate its successful realization moving them past their growth frontier into new territory. She is available for personal or professional coaching, seminars and can be reached at 305-534-1119 or mailto:connie@conniebutler.biz. Ms. Butler is a published author and radio personality.