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Aug 11, 2016 · It can be painful to admit when we’ve made a bad decision. Maybe you hired the wrong person, or took a job that wasn’t a good fit, or launched a new product line that no one seems to want.
- Accept Your Emotions.
- Then, Focus on The Cold, Hard Facts.
- Don’T Let The Bad Decision Consume you.
- Forgive yourself.
- Accept Your Regret.
- If Your Regret Is all-consuming, Try Practicing Gratitude.
- Create A Decision-Making Process For The Future.
Suppressing your emotions will get you nowhere. It’s important to first focus on how you feel. “The first step is to recognize what happened and how you felt,” says psychologist Dr. Sal Raichbach, Psy.D. “Ignoring or pretending leaves the pain open. If you cut yourself, you wouldn’t pretend that it didn’t happen or that you don’t care. You would de...
Once you’ve recognized and accepted the emotions you have following a poor decision, Dr. Benjamin Ritter, Ed.D., founder of LFY Consulting, says one of the best things you can do is focus on the facts. “Take a step out of the emotions and stress to really look at the facts of the situation,” he says. “Ask yourself: What is currently happening? What...
Tristan Gutner, a life and business coach, says it’s important to mentally separate yourself from the decision. Doing so can help you strip it of its power. “Once we’ve made what we’d call a bad decision, we give it a lot of meaning it does not inherently have,” Gutner says. “We tell ourselves we’re stupid, we can’t trust ourselves, this is going t...
Don’t be too hard on yourself in the wake of a poor decision. “The most important step is to forgive yourself,” says psychiatrist Dion Metzger, M.D. “We become our own worst enemy with poor decisions. We spend way too much energy wallowing in the guilt rather than using that to go to our next move.” Use the failure of your bad decision as leverage ...
After making a bad judgment call, your mind will likely be flooded with regret. This regret, it turns out, can actually be a powerful tool, Ritter says. “Regret can help you remember the things you want to avoid in life and actually help you make better decisions,” he says. Accept your regret and move forward.
“We all have regrets,” Raichbach says. “Things we wish we did differently or didn’t say. But those regrets don’t have to control you. You have to learn to control your thoughts to see the positives instead of the negatives.” One way to see the positives, he says, is by practicing gratitude. Each morning, make a list of three or five things you’re g...
The next time you’re confronted with a big decision, you might feel anxious or stressed that you’ll make another mistake. To counteract this anxiety, consider putting a decision-making process into place for all future calls. Ana Jovanovic, a psychologist and life coach at Parenting Pod, says everyone should have a process in place for complex deci...
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Jun 15, 2022 · Everyone makes bad decisions sometimes, but understanding why this happens can help. Learn about some of the reasons behind bad decision-making, and what you can do to make better decisions.
A Bad Decision: Directed by Carlos Sedes. With Marina de Tavira, Maribel Verdú, José María Yazpik, Manolo Cardona. Pedro's actions become increasingly desperate. The living situation between Marcos, Isabel, and Sofía takes a turn. Flora hunts for the videotape.
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Aug 1, 2019 · Consistently making good decisions is arguably the most important habit we can develop, especially at work. But some things are detrimental to good decision-making. When you have to make an...
Oh no! You made a bad decision! Find out how many decisions we make daily and five things to do when one of those decisions is the wrong one. You’ll also discover the DECIDE process for better decision making.
Mar 16, 2021 · When faced with a difficult decision, it can help to think about it as the best decision under the circumstances instead of a "right" or "wrong" choice, which increases fear and anxiety.
