By Happy Tree Pilates Blog | August 17, 2012 at 09:16 PM EDT |
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Tomorrow I'll be speaking at a Divorce Recovery Seminar. I'm looking forward to the chance to remind women to take of self during trying times. If you know someone going through a divorce let them know about the seminar, tomorrow at 8:00 am. A financial planner will be speaking followed by an insurance specialist and then me. Let me know if you need more information. I'll post the flyer on my Facebook page.
Anyway, as life is always here to teach you lessons... this week was a very stressful, taxing week for me. I am being forced to make a hard decision and I really don't know the best answer. I found myself forgetting to put my self care in the picture. Three days with no sleep, nothing more to eat then apples and completely in knots. Today, I got out of the fog and started taking action by opening up completely to a friend. My topic tomorrow is all about taking care of yourself during stressful situations. I hated to be reminded that stress can always pop up unexpectedly and you still have to put you in the equation. Today felt so much better... just by taking some simple steps.
So, in trying to solve my personal problem, I found an interesting article. Steps to solving difficult problems. Maybe you can keep it handy and it can help you when a difficult decision comes your way. Its helping me to make my decision. Let me know what you think.
Here is the link to the article.
- Make no decision before its time. Clay Mathile, former owner of the Iams Company and now founder of Aileron believes that this is the key for any executive. He states, “If you don’t make those decisions that you don’t have to make, invariably, there’s new information that comes, there’s more information, better information, better data.” Making a decision at a later date may lead to a more informed one.
- Accept that this is not an easy decision and there are no “right” answers. Stop searching. There is only a “current” right decision based on the information that is available.
- Deciding with heart or head? The small business owner has to admit if they are making decisions based on emotion or the facts. While it is not necessarily bad to make a decision on emotion, this needs to be clear.
- Make the decision after careful consideration, but then do not waver. Commit to one path and take action. Wavering will almost guarantee that the desired outcome is not accomplished.
- When definitive action is taken, learn from the result and then plan the next move. Remember, business success is a series of patient interim steps, not giant wild leaps.
