Part 1 of 5 – Introduction and Self-Awareness
“The better my decision-making, the better my company”. CEOs and business owners uniformly agree with this assertion. There is no shortage of articles and books describing, comparing, discussing and analyzing what factors encompass or impact decision-making. There are laundry lists of personality traits, behavioral competencies, situational considerations, and context/timing examples where a great man enters precisely at the right moment and makes the perfect decision. But what can you, as an individual do to actually improve your decision-making skills?
I advocate improvement lies through three connected principles:
- Continuously deepening self awareness advances the process of clearer introspection
- Honest and truthful introspection removes bias from the ego, improving objectivity
- Objectivity enhances decision-making
Ultimately, great decisions lead to great results. This is what business leaders are paid to deliver. The goal of introspection is changing the arc of time. Life lessons are learned slowly, sometimes painfully, over time. But with accurate introspection you grow and learn more quickly.
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