Taking Control – How Neuroscience Can Optimize Your Decision-Making
Written by Adriana Bárbara Rodríguez, Mind Coach
Adriana Barbara is a Mind specialized Coach that is focused on helping CEO's and high-level entrepreneurs to develop their leadership teams by assisting each member to transform their mindset from the root.
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to make decisions effortlessly while others struggle to find their way amid a sea of options? From choosing what to wear in the morning to making crucial decisions at work or in our relationships, the decision-making process influences every aspect of our lives. Our days are filled with decisions. Even automatic actions hide an evaluation and selection process. But what if I told you that the key to making effective decisions and achieving your goals lies in something as simple as the clarity of your vision? In this article, we will explore how mental clarity can radically transform your ability to make decisions and determine the course of your life.
Every choice, from the simplest to the most complex, shapes our destiny and determines our outcomes in all areas of life. Recognizing this importance allows us to make the most of our decision-making process to create the life we desire.
Now, take a moment to reflect. Are you making decisions accurately? What drives your decision-making process? Have you thought about what lies behind each decision you make?
Regardless of the process you follow to make decisions, whether seeking advice, weighing pros and cons, or simply following your instinct, there is something that makes the decision-making process faster and more assertive and determines whether the decisions you make will lead to a good outcome. And this is the clarity of your vision.
To illustrate this, consider the following scenario:
Imagine you have the evening free, and a friend calls you inviting you to have late-night pizza. At that moment, you are bored and hungry, so you decide to go. And although you enjoyed it at the time, the next day you regret eating the pizza because you want to lose weight and be healthier.
A vague desire or idea about something we want does not have enough impact on our minds to influence our decisions.
On the other hand, when we have a clear vision of something, with detail and a good degree of specification, we provide our mind with a well-defined basis to turn to when options arise, and if we constantly review this involving emotions, it has even more impact and power.
Let's take the previous example to explain it better. Suppose you have taken the time to visualize your body and the state of health you desire. You have taken references from people you admire regarding their physical condition, you have taken the time to research what they do to achieve it, you have documented yourself on the subject, and you have even consulted with a specialist (trainer, nutritionist, etc.) for advice.
All this provides data that helps your mind create a clear image of what an athletic and healthy person looks like and has enough information to create that image. So, you constantly review with your mind that clear vision of how you want to be and how you should think, feel, and act to be that person.
Continuously reviewing that clear vision in your mind (visualizing) leads you to feel differently. By imagining yourself as athletic and healthy, you feel good about yourself, confident, with high self-esteem. That generates positive emotions and activates the chemical response in your body (making you feel good physically) even before experiencing the result. With this, your mind, your emotions, and your body begin to become familiar with this idea and create a new state of being.
So, when the option arises (your friend's invitation to have pizza at 10 pm), your mind associates the external stimulus with your vision, accessing it and quickly connecting that image with thinking, feeling, and acting accordingly (mind, emotions, and body). In this process, your mind evaluates and compares the option presented to you against the clear vision you have been living in your mind and feeling in your being, and being inconsistent, it rejects it: that is, you decide not to go, or to go and order a salad.
With this example, we can see how using our mind to have and constantly review a clear vision of something helps us have a fast and effective decision-making process, enabling us to evaluate options and select the one that aligns with our vision. This makes us decisive, determined, confident, autonomous, and results-focused individuals, making our lives much more productive and successful.
In my neuroscience coaching practice, I work with individuals and teams to determine this clear vision, enhance their decision-making process, and achieve exceptional results. If you are interested in exploring how neuroscience can transform your personal or professional life, I invite you to learn more about my program here. Together, we can discover how to harness the power of your mind to achieve your goals and aspirations to the fullest.
Don't miss my next article, where we will continue to explore the mind and how to use it effectively to achieve better results."
Adriana Bárbara Rodríguez, Mind Coach
Adriana Barbara is a Mind specialized Coach that is focused on helping CEO's and high-level entrepreneurs to develop their leadership teams by assisting each member to transform their mindset from the root, achieve their full potential and improve their highest productivity in order to accomplish the organization’s goals in an effective and sustainable way, with her innovative Neuroscience method in leadership.
