Have you ever wondered why some people seem to make progress quickly, while others struggle for years without gaining traction? According to Bob Proctor, the difference is often a single, pivotal word: decision.
Decision is one of the 5 key tools I shared at last weekend’s vision workshop. Most people don’t understand how to make decisions in support of their transformation. So I thought I would share some insights on transformational decision-making in this week’s blog. If you were with us at the Vision workshop today’s blog will reinforce the learning and if you missed it, you definitely want to understand how decision can power your breakthroughs.
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Indecision is actually a very uncomfortable place to live from. Think about a time in your life when you felt undecided about something – how did that feel? Often clients refer to this state as being stuck in limbo. It’s a form of paralysis, you’re neither moving forward nor at peace with where you are. It’s a state of mental and emotional tug-of-war, where part of you wants change, but another part hesitates, overthinks, or fears the unknown.
Wherever you are struggling to get traction on the changes you want to make, it is likely that indecision is at the root of it. As Bob said: “Indecision is the cause of virtually all problems, not lack of ability.”
The truth is, we all have far more potential than we allow ourselves to believe. But potential only becomes reality when we decide to act. It’s not about knowing how, it’s about saying yes, now, and trusting the path will reveal itself.
In my work, I often speak of your full spectrum life – Health, Relationships, Career, and Time & Money Freedom. Typically, we have one or two of these areas where we want to make significant changes at any given time.
If you were to identify one or two areas for yourself now, what are the ones where you most want to make some changes in the coming months?
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Here are some questions for reflection, journalling or meditation to support you in getting clearer and more decisive.
- What decision have I been putting off in my health, relationships, career, or finances?
- What would my future self thank me for deciding today?
- Where am I waiting for clarity, when what I really need is commitment?
Decision Is a Spiritual Act
What I know to be true from my own life and from what I witness in my clients’ lives is that you can’t wait for external circumstances to change first. To create transformation, you must decide for the changes you want, in the absence knowing how it is all going to work out. The evidence of your decision is to then start thinking and acting in alignment with the outcomes you’ve decided for. And as you do, you see the changes reflected in your circumstances. It is an inside out job.
Decision calls on faith. It’s an act of alignment with your higher self, a declaration that says, “I am ready to live the life that reflects who I really am and what I really want.”
So today, I invite you to make one powerful decision in just one area of your life. Just one. You don’t need to know how it will all unfold. You just need to clarify what you’d love the outcome to be and decide for it.
Then back your decision with action. In truth, your action is the evidence of your decision. In that area where you are deciding to commit to changes you’d love to see, what is one action you can take that would move you in that direction?
Now go do that! At your earliest opportunity (and definitely within the next 24 hours).
Then identify another action that you can take, that would also move you in the direction of the changes you’ve decided for. And go do that. And just keep going, keep taking the step you can take.
Then watch what happens next! You’ll have broken the trance of indecision, you will feel more confident in your own capacity to effect change and you will start to manifest the outcome you desired. All because you decided for it and acted upon your decision.
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