Making business decisions free of emotions

There is a lot going on in your life at present; so much to do, so little time, and too much to juggle with. There are so many complexities and uncertainties to navigate in work and personal life. You are constantly fighting against the odds while trying to make your way in this world.

As you work through your problems you need to fight stress, anxiety, fear, anger, frustration and other emotions. These emotions leave you in a frantic state, which negatively affects your health and your ability to make good decisions.

To make the right decision, you need to stay calm, centered and focused on the right things and in the right way. You're feeling pressured, but the pressure isn't coming from an external force, but rather from within.

You create emotional pressures within yourself, and this causes you to feel the pressure externally. In fact, it is an illusion. It's a trick your mind is playing on you. It's important you recognise this, because changing things might only need a simple shift of perspective on your part.

Pressure in life

The one certainty about life is that it will put you under intense pressure - forcing you to make tough decisions that will hinder your progress. And when emotions get the better of you, you will most likely fail to capitalise on your greatest opportunities.

Your ability to stay calm and handle pressure effectively could be the difference between success and failure in life. It will provide you with a sense of control over the events and circumstances of your life, and most certainly a better sense of control over yourself, your thoughts and emotions.

On top of this, staying calm under pressure will help improve your ability to focus on the right things, at the right time, and in the right way. It will help you to better communicate your needs to other people, and make more effective, intelligent and emotion-free decisions.

To reap the rewards that a state of calmness can bring into your life, you need to become more mindful. Being more mindful means, being more centered and focused on the moment. It means, letting go of past regrets, redirecting your mind away from current stresses and refocusing yourself away from future worries.

It's all about being present - being present in the moment - because it's in the moment where you will find the answers you need that will help you solve your problems. A state of calmness also needs patience. Sometimes you need a little patience and time to understand the events and circumstances of your life. Sometimes you need patience to gain a deeper insight into your predicament. And the only way you will find true and unadulterated patience is through a state of calmness.

Motivation

Likewise, calmness also needs optimism and faith. You need optimism to help you find the motivation you need to journey into the thick dark fog of your problems. And you need faith to help you find your way when you lose yourself within the turmoil of your emotions.

Optimism will help you find the desire you need to move forward, and faith will provide you with the courage you need to persist through the obstacles that stand in your way. As you go about your day, there will be moments when you will face pressure situations.

Something unexpected might happen, your emotions spin out of control, and it momentarily seems as though the entire weight of the world has fallen atop your shoulders.

It's at moments like these that a steady hand and calm mind are of utmost importance. The decision you make at this very moment could either help you improve the situation or might make things much worse than they already are.

During pressure situations, it's absolutely necessary that you pay attention to detail. It's within the details that you will find the answers and the opportunities you need to move forward. When a pressure situation presents itself, it's natural to immediately become overwhelmed by the circumstances. And because you're overwhelmed, you naturally bundle all your concerns and problems into one big messy pile of puzzle pieces in your head. There is no separation between things. Everything becomes one thing, and this overwhelms you.

External help

Be attentive to the little things, your behaviour, other people's behaviour, circumstances and all the external things going on around you. The more attentive you are, the more you will pick up.

And as a result, you will no longer bundle everything into one big uncontrollable problem, instead you will see things as individual pieces that are a part of the larger puzzle that you now need to figure out how to solve.

When you face a pressure situation, you are left with two choices. You can either try and work through the situation by yourself, or you can seek the support of people who have had experience in this area and will, therefore, help you work through this successfully.

If you try and work through the situation by yourself, you may make mistakes and may hit roadblocks that could potentially derail your efforts temporarily. However, if you take the time to speak to people who have gone through something similar, they may very well provide you with the guidance you need to help you move through this situation successfully.

Their support may provide you with the confidence you need to stay centered, calm and relaxed moving through a difficult moment of your life. Building your emotional coping skills means you are learning to manage to proactively handle your emotional responses.

This often begins with developing a deeper understanding of the meaning of each of your emotions, and of your emotional tendencies.

Succeeding here means that you will no longer be at the mercy of your emotions. You will instead be in control of your emotional destiny. No longer will life's pressure situations or problems overwhelm you because you have finally become fully aware and a person who understands and appreciates the value that every emotion has to offer.

Building your emotional coping skills, will of course take some time and effort. However, everything worthwhile takes time. It is after all only within each experience that you will find the lessons you need to help build your emotional intelligence.

To become a more serene, calm and peaceful person in the long-run, it's important that you make some long-term lifestyle changes that will provide you the ability to more readily control your emotional responses.

However, it's not only about lifestyle, it's also about the mindset, you bring into every moment of your life. Lifestyle and mindset go hand-in-hand and work together to help you stay calm under pressure.