<ul><li>You expect the worst: We focus only on the negative outcomes without giving attention to the possibility of an unexpected positive outcome.</li><li>You act on impulse: We act quickly, without considering the ramifications of our actions.</li><li>You cling to fear: The greater fear of failure or loss outweighs the likelihood of great reward.</li><li>You play victim: False pride comes between higher thought and an empowering choice.</li><li>You obsess over being in control: The need to be in control, which comes from a deeper feeling of being out of control, directs powerless choices.</li><li>You ignore good advice: Ego or the identification with a false self-image limits us from receiving help from encouraging input.</li><li>You overlook your hidden intentions: A deeper intention of wanting to fail keeps us from having to take to take full responsibility.</li></ul>

Situations That Lead To Bad Choices

<ul><li>Analyze objectively your assumptions, feelings and expectations. </li><li>Focusing only on the problem limits options for a solution and leads to energy depletion and decisions out of anxiety and frustration. Expand your perspective to be able to see other things, and often a solution will appear somewhere in the composition.</li><li>Rather than thinking in terms of bad and good when making decision, try to see a more balanced view by embracing the uncertainty of every situation. </li></ul>

How To Make Better Decisions

We are all faced with challenges that require decision-making. How we meet our challenges though, makes all the difference in the image of success or failure. When we obsess over an outcome we create illusory stress, what most of us think of as "worrying about" something.