Have you ever thought through the WHY behind your decisions?
In other words, why do you make the decisions you do? For example,
- If you have a Saturday open on your schedule, do you play a round of golf with your buddies, or go to the swimming pool with your children?
- If a meeting is cancelled, do you catch up with your email? Check social media? Or. read the news or a book?
- When the kids go to bed, do you watch Netflix? Read a book? Work on a project? Or, talk with a friend or your spouse?
These decisions are often subconscious—they’re underneath the surface. We make them without thinking. They are our habits, our defaults, our normals, or our vices.
Whether you realize it or not, many of these kinds of decisions have already been made for you based on your values or principles. These are the very elements that set the status quo for us.
If this is true, wouldn’t it be worth your time to do a little introspection and uncover the why behind your decisions? Your values and principles?
A while back, I came across Amazon’s leadership principles. I like how they describe them,
Our Leadership Principles aren’t inspirational wall hanging. These Principles work hard, just like we do. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates.
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