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10 Ways to Make Peak-State Decisions and Invest in Yourself - Medium
Being in a peak state
... means you’re operating at the level you want to be, so that you can achieve ambitions beyond anything you've done before. You can reach this state by:
- Getting your body moving and breathing deeply (some of the easiest ways to get into a peak state).
- Listening to music that motivates you.
- Giving a genuine compliment or being kind to someone.
- Learning and expanding your mind.
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Mind The Limitations Of Your Brain
- Decide important things early in the day, else decision fatigue sets in.
- Have snacks to keep your glucose high, else your brain will respond more strongly to immediate rewards.
- Sleeping or working on something else let’s you unconsciously work on complex problems.
- Consider options in a foreign language and look at them as if you were somebody else.
- Treat yourself for making a choice that benefits you more long-term instead.
- When making choices about the future, we tend to assume that how we feel now is how we’ll feel forever.
Listen To Your Body
As reaction to panic or stress the body pumps adrenaline, making you breath faster and certain parts of the body feel tight, that makes us prone to often incorrect snap judgments. When having that kind of response, close your eyes, take a few breaths, and take some time to consider your next action.
That buys you time to physically calm down enough to make a more considered choice.
Other Tips For Better Choices
- Be skeptic, meditate, learn from previous mistakes, know what the data and it’s context means, and trust your informed judgment.
- Focus on the quality of information you’re getting, not the quantity.
- Set a time limit for yourself, and ensure you’re not using your decision-making angst as a procrastination device.
- If you see that you prefer familiar and easier choices, ensure they aren’t being reframed to support something you wish was true.
- Crisp, clear decisions may seem like the best kind of decisions, but they may cost you time and extra effort when often the details may not even matter.
- Forcing yourself to choose may lead to you making high-risk decisions and ignoring alternatives.
- Imagine the effort you’re considering was a fantastic success, and then that it was an unequivocal disaster. Then, analyze the reasons for both to find blind spots, dampen excessive optimism, and bridge the gap between short-term and long-term thinking.
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Defining "Success"
“Success” isn’t just having lots of money.
Success is continuously improving who you are, how you live, how you serve, and how you relate.
Putting "first things" first
Start the day with your #1 priority.
Getting up early isn’t enough. You need to put first things first. When you put your top priorities first, then you ensure they make it into the bucket of your day. After your main priorities have been completed, the rest will fill the gaps.
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SMART Resolutions
Pick a goal that is meaningful and doable, making sure it's coming from inside you, not imposed by others.
Make specific, realistic plans for your New Year Goal using the time-tested SMART Technique:
- Specific: Have a clear, specified goal
- Measurable: You should be able to quantify and validate the progress.
- Achievable: Don't have a big stretch goal that will overwhelm you.
- Relevant: Choose wisely what matters to you.
- Time-bound: Your goal should have a time limit or weekly checks and reviews.
Creating a Plan
Chances are you won't just wake up one day and suddenly change your life. To go where you want to go, you have to chart out a plan.
Quitting Bad Habits
For example: If you feel the cue of smoking, replace the smoking with some other activity like having a cup of coffee.