If you’ve ever observed really great business owners, you will notice one thing: They are great at making decisions.

The key to quickly growing your business is to be able to make the right decisions quickly and then course correct as you go. As a business owner, being great at making the right decisions is critical to your success.

Richard Branson said,

“If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you’re not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later.”

There was a time when I wasn’t very good at this. I would be mulling over decisions, writing lists of pros and cons and trying to intellectually come up with the best way to move forward according to circumstances.

The problem is that our intellect is limited. It only knows what it already knows. Besides, the mind is not made for making decisions, but for processing information. According to Human Design, nobody makes correct decisions from their mind.

Your intuition has access to all of the information in the Universe, also the things your intellect has no idea about. So, while your intellect only has access to a tiny fraction, your intuition has infinite knowledge. And that’s sometimes why the intuitive decisions or our gut instincts don’t always make sense logically. It’s because you don’t have enough information in our mind to understand the logic behind it.

According to Human Design, not everyone makes decisions the same way, and while some are able to tap into their intuition for answers, other people are more attuned with their gut feeling while others need to “sit with it” in order to get clarity.

Either way, if you make decisions from your mind, you’re likely going to go in circles and get really frustrated, because the mind is not capable of making the right decisions for you (or anyone for that matter.)

A lot of people make decisions based on the circumstances they see in the outside world rather than the desire that’s coming from within. That can lead to making decisions that are coming from fear or even scarcity. This is a very limited and disempowering way of making decisions, and it’s also a sure way to not get what you truly want in your business and in life.

The outside world will continue to give you the perception of limitation. Limitations around how much money you can spend, how much time you have, what’s possible and what’s not.

However, the people who are great at making decisions understand that they need to make the decision first, and then figure out how they are going to do it. It starts with a decision and the decision leads to opportunity and commitment which in turn lead to result.

I’ve learned that my intuition never leads me down the wrong path. I don’t need any pros and con lists anymore, like I used before (when by the way I would constantly be stuck and make the wrong decisions for me.)

When I follow my intuition, I am always led to the right decision, even if it sometimes doesn’t make sense in the moment. 

The few times I refuse to listen, I get myself into trouble. So now, I let my desires guide me and my intuition tell me if something is right or wrong for me.

It’s a much more reliable way of making decisions.

You are hardwired to know what’s right for you. Are you listening?

You are hardwired to know what’s right for you, but sometimes you get so caught up in what other people will think, what’s the responsible thing to do, what someone else would have done, that you tune out your inner wisdom and refuse to listen to your inner guidance. You may operate from limited limited programming and block the divine guidance from leading you down the right path for you.

Sometimes it’s also easy to confuse fear with intuition or gut feeling. You may think you shouldn’t do something because you are afraid, and you mistake that for being your gut or intuition telling you to stop. This will keep you stuck because avoiding something because of fear is certain to keep you stuck.

If your decisions don’t scare you, you are not growing and you are staying within your comfort zone.

Next time you need to make a decision in your business, ask yourself these questions:

1. Do you want it? Feel into your body. What is it telling you?
2. Does this feel right?
3. Does this make you feel excited?
4. Will this bring you closer to your goal?
5. Will it stretch you out of your comfort zone or even make you a little scared?

If you can answer yes to all of these questions, then you can be pretty sure it’s the right thing to do, but the key thing here is to tune into your body to see how it feels, not how your mind thinks.

And remember, as Napoelon Hill said:

“Opportunities often comes disguised as a form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”

The key is to be able to see the opportunity as an opportunity. Sometimes they are not so easy to see because what shows up as an opportunity can look like the opposite of an opportunity because of how you have been programmed to operate.

For example, if you have been programmed to save your money and the opportunity that comes along tells you to invest, you may not see the opportunity that has been given to you and turn down the opportunity without even realizing it.

Next time you have to make a big decision (or even a little one) skip the pros and cons list and just tune into your body and ask yourself these questions instead. Trust that your inner guidance will lead you in the right direction.

Note that some people are able to make decisions immediately from the gut, while others may need to “sit with it” in order to get clarity.

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