The reason for the events of the last few months is the impact on daily life, in particular on business activities. Today, entrepreneurs have to make very difficult decisions. Along with all this, they deal with the emotions that affect the ability and safety of employees to work safely.
Currently, most business owners are driven by a survival instinct. This means that instead of using logic, many entrepreneurs may make emotional decisions.
How We Make Decisions
We make decisions instinctively and emotionally, even if you think you are making a completely rational, calculated decision. Only after making a decision will we justify and logically justify it.
Emotion can be a great reason to make a decision. But, under pressure, we take a greater risk and give freedom to the emotions to act on the process. To avoid this, there are several methods by which you can get rid of emotions to make critical decisions related to your business.
Identify The Emotions That Affect Your Actions
Before making any decision, it is important to recognize the underlying emotion that is causing you to take certain actions.
Transforming consciousness from its subconscious to help you analyze the logical pros and cons of the current situation. Knowing when decisions are linked to feelings of fear, risk, or security can help you determine the right course of action.
Determining The Results
Part of the decision-making process is to determine its consequences, but it is more difficult to see what the consequences will be and what it will affect.
When making any decision, ask yourself the following four questions:
- What will happen in the next 30, 60, and 90 days if I do this?
- How will this action (or inaction) affect our budget?
- How will this action (or inaction) affect our employees?
- How will this action (or inaction) affect our customers?
To begin with, these four questions will help you determine the true consequences of your decisions. Putting them on a piece of paper will help you to make logical, rational decisions.
You will get real benefits from this exercise when you start adjusting it to your business, by adding more specific questions and clarifying what areas you need to determine the validity of each decision.