How to decide quickly what to do and always make the right decision.

By Dennis Fisher

Many people have problems making quick decisions.  They hesitate and procrastinate even when the decision is unimportant.

This delay in making a  quick decision every time they are faced with a variety of different  choices becomes so fixed in their behavior it comes part of their personality.  Procrastination inhibits mental growth. It restricts creative thinking.

If you are have developed the habit of being indecisive when you have to make a decision, do whatever you can to change your behavior pattern.  There are going to be occasions when you have to deal with problems that will need  an immediate decision.

Once you're able to make up your mind quickly and make immediate decisions for unimportant matters, you'll find it will become very much easier to make quick decisions about matters of greater significance.

How to change your habit of procrastinating and dithering every time you have to make a decision

There is an easy way to do this.  Start to make use of a special intuitive quality most people possess, but few ever take full advantage of – your "gut feeling"

There is a simple technique that will make it easy for you to use your"gut feeling".Use this technique every time you have to make a decision.You'll find you'll be able to make up your mind quickly and make instant decisions.  What's more, these decisions will turn out to be the wisest decisions you could have made.

What exactly is a "Gut Feeling"?

If you look the word up in  any dictionary, you'll find most dictionaries define "gut feeling" in very much the same way.  It is described as a feeling or reaction based on instinct rather than rational thinking.  In many respects it is similar to a sixth sense, when one responds intuitively to situations.

The idea that certain parts of the body are closely associated with emotions goes back to biblical times.  There are many references to this in the bible.

In the same way as the word "heart" is often used in the bible to signify feelings of deep affection and love, there are seventeen references in the bible to the "bowels" - the gut -  to indicate a variety of different emotions.

For example in the book of Lamentations, 1.20,  Jeremiah cries out "Oh Lord, my bowels are troubled…"..  In the song of Solomon, you will find the expression "My bowels were moved for him…".   In Genesis 43.30  the word bowels  is used to represent  deep sorry and pity when it refers to Joseph and says: "his bowels did yearn upon his brother".

In modern times this notion that the gut is closely associated with strong emotions is still widely held. The commonly used phrase,"I felt it in the pit of my stomach"is used to signify a number of different emotions, such as fear, dread, anger, resentment, deep concern, apprehension and anxiety.

How can the expression   "gut feeling" be used to help you make your mind quickly and make instant decisions?

Strange as it may seem, the answer to this question can be found by making a careful note of the odd behavior of many  prominent sport personalities.

If you are an observant person, keenly interested in sports of any description – golf, tennis, soccer, rugby, cricket, athletics, baseball – or any other  sport,  you will have noticed how many successful athletes perform very odd and unusual rituals before they compete in their event.

These sport stars make use of these strange habits because they firmly believe it works for them – and it does.   They find that when they use these odd rituals they  are successful.

Is there a lesson to be learnt from the odd behavior of these sport personalities?

There certainly is.

Carry out the following simple act whenever you have to make a decision. It  can  be done casually and unobtrusively if you don't want anyone to notice what you are doing.

Every time you have to make a decision, start to rub the pit of your stomach very gently with a circular movement of your hand.   Continue doing this for a short while, just nine seconds.  Concentrate on what you are doing.  Focus your mind completely on the words:"Gut feeling"as you rub the pit of your stomach.

Count up to nine as you gently rub the pit of your stomach.  Count mentally if your prefer to be discreet or you don't want to be noticed;  or count out aloud  if you wish. Breathe in and out deeply as youj count.   Focus your mind on the various decision choices you can make.

After you have practiced doing this on a number of occasions, so that it becomes almost second nature, you'll  start to experience a strange, almost uncanny sense of calm.  Your mind will become absolutely clear.  Then, all of a sudden, as if by magic, the correct decision to make will suddenly spring to mind.

Practice doing this every time you have to make even the most unimportant, minor decisions.

After you have practiced this simple action for some time with unimportant, minor decisions, you'll find you are able to make quick accurate and reliable  decisions even  with important decisions.

It's difficult to explain  why  this simple action you have performed is so successful and why it always  helps you to make an instant, correct decision so quickly.  Perhaps the reason is because you have awakened some long dormant sixth sense you've never bother to use before. It's possible that it may trigger off a certain reaction in your brain that speeds up your thought processes.

The reason why this simple action works so well is  not important.  What is important is the fact that it definitely does work.

Experiment.  Try doing it yourself when next you have to make a decision and are not sure what to do.  The result will amaze you.

This article is a brief  extract from Dennis Fisher's book,"The  Complete Guide to Creative Thinking"which provides  detailed information about  of a great variety of  ways to become more creative. Visit the following site to find out more about this book and how to access it: