If you have not yet been able to make a decision at this point then make it, in secret (I literally learnt this about a decade ago from a nun)

St Ignatius believed that our imaginations are where we meet the divine. Whether you believe that or not using your imagination can be a powerful tool to you help you make a difficult decision.

Once you have identified your options (you need at least two), the next step is to

Right, so you need more than one option in order to make any sensible decision. For example, rather than just needing to decide if I’m going to take the job offer or not

Decision making can be daunting. Luckily there are processes and practices that people have been using for centuries.

To reflect on your experience of something can be extremely valuable in making a decision.

In a recent article in HBR, it stated that organisations now need to move from building Minimum Viable Products, to Minimum Virtuous Products.

In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous, VUCA, world the demand is for integrity, transparency and virtue.

“The gods seem to think that we have a choice” - Anon

We live in a society that values being calm and collected over being aggressive and violent, and this is a good thing of course, most of the time.

The problem is that we then end up often valuing passivity more than activity. Violence and aggression are necessary elements needed to make decisions, especially difficult ones.