Tandy Sinclair is a seasoned traveler from South Africa to many destinations abroad from  Australia to Italy.  She’s compiled some tips that many of us don’t think to consider.

Tips for Successful Travel

Well, you have decided you want to go on an overseas trip! It is so exciting, and daunting all at the same time. These tips might be obvious to the seasoned traveller, but to those travelling for the first time, I hope that you find something useful in them.

I do not profess to be a ‘professional traveller’.  I have however travelled far and wide and if at all possible at least once a year.

The obvious – decide where you want to go. Once you have chosen the country of your destination, read up about the customs and culture of the country. Even if you are going to use a travel agent, they will not tell you the small details. For instance:

• I was in Dubai during Ramadan – eating and drinking is forbidden by everyone during the hours of Ramadan, in any public place.
• In rural France, everything closes at lunch time, except for the big chain stores, and in larger cities, the restaurants.

After you have decided where you are going, you need to decide when. If your leave is flexible, check the weather conditions for when you travel. It is not fun to be a visitor in hurricane season, or the depth of winter.

Booking tickets

Now, time to book your tickets. The internet is not always the cheapest option, and if you need connecting flights it may be a bit daunting. I always use the internet, but my sister uses a travel agent. Remember, however that if you need connecting flights and you do not use one carrier but choose to do the segments yourself you will have a serious problem if you miss a connecting flight. If you book with one carrier, all the way through, then the carrier will take responsibility if one of your flights is delayed or cancelled.

Travel Insurance

If you book and pay for your tickets with your credit card you will automatically get travel insurance.  If you use air miles to get a ticket you might not be covered by travel insurance. Once your ticket is booked, contact the company that covers your travel insurance and get the documents you need from them. If you are going to need a Visa then you will need an Embassy letter from the insurance company.

Visa requirements

Download the forms you need for the Visa and see what supporting documentation you need to go with the application.  Keep all the documents in the correct order to make it easy for the person who grants your Visa. Each country has different requirements but you will need to have certain documents:

• A letter from your company stating you have leave and you are returning to work
• A copy of your itinerary
• Confirmed accommodation booking or a letter from the person you are visiting inviting you to stay with the dates and motivation
• Air tickets booked
• Proof that you have the necessary funds available
• Recent ID photographs
• Your passport must be valid for a period of at least 6 months after your return date

Booking a hotel in a country you do not know can seem quite a task.  Do not go for the cheapest option. Make sure you know the area in which the hotel is – you would not like to be in the middle of Brixton in London! Three stars is a good indication. As a guideline you would need to look at spending €80 per night in Europe for bed and breakfast for 2 people.

Car Hire or Public Transport

If you are not going to hire a car make sure public transport is within comfortable walking distance of your hotel. Also, in some cities you may not be allowed to take your suitcases on public transport. Suitcases need to be easy to walk with. I personally recommend the Microlite range from Cellini.  We travel a lot, so the expense has been well worth it. If you are not planning on doing much travelling get something that is an equivalent.

Luggage considerations

In economy class, you are allowed only 23kg per person check in luggage. This is to allow for the weight of the suitcase, so the heavier it is empty, the less you can pack.  Each piece of luggage is allowed to be a maximum of 32kg for health and safety reasons. This is for all classes. If you fly economy class you may only have one piece of check in luggage per person. Invest in lots of Ziploc bags for all your liquids. It is not fun to arrive somewhere to discover your shampoo has leaked all over your clothes.

Your hand luggage can only weigh 7kg and I would suggest you get something that can slip over the handle of your check in luggage to make it easy for when you have to walk places.  In economy class you may take one piece of hand luggage per person, including your handbag.  I pack a pillow for the plane as well as a change of underwear. At least this way if our suitcases do get lost, we can feel like humans when we go shopping.

Medication considerations

If you are on any medication take it with you on the plane – even if you don’t need it during the flight. Also ensure that you have a letter from your doctor, or a script for all the medications you have with you. In Australia and Singapore they are extremely sticky about this.

On flight forms

You may have to complete forms on the plane before you land as to where you are staying. Take a pen with you on the flight, and have the details copied down, as you cannot turn on your cell phone to get phone numbers etc. In Australia you cannot turn on your phone until you have cleared customs.

Securing your luggage

As soon as you take your suitcase off the conveyer, check that all locks are still on and that it has not been tampered with. I use cable ties for the locks I am keeping closed the entire trip – bright pink for me. Get coloured ones from any hardware store – but not black or white, as these are the colours the airlines use.  If your suitcase has been tampered with, call a customs official straight away. I have had this happen to me in Australia and the customs officials were more than willing to take charge of the situation. If your suitcase has been damaged, report it to the airline immediately, making a note of what is missing. Remember, things can be added to your case as easily as they can be taken out!

Travel money

The best form of currency to use when overseas is your credit card. However, you will need cash for certain transactions. Get your currency before you leave and make sure you have some easy to get to at the airport. We work on €100 a day for all our expenses.

At the airport you should be able to get good visitors information. If you are making use of public transport try and get a pass for the amount of days you are in the city. We have permanent cards for London transport, and have made use of week long passes in all other cities. This gives you access to all transport for one flat fee.

Eating with the locals

Try to not eat at places where the menu’s are also in Chinese – this means they are tourist places. If in Italy and you find a menu only in Italian, you can be assured this is where the locals eat. The food is usually much better, and the waiters are professionals, so they will help you, even if you don’t speak the language. We have had some of our best meals in restaurants where the staff spoke very little to no English what so ever.

Market Shopping and duty free

The same goes for market shopping – shop where the locals shop and you are guaranteed to get the best produce, and pay the best prices. However, if it is perfume you are looking for; get it at duty free on the way out of the country, unless you find an amazing special at a perfume shop. You can check the prices at duty free in South Africa for a guideline as to what you should be paying.

Alcohol is not always cheaper overseas. We take with our maximum quota of wine and usually bring back some local product. Remember to pack it in bubble wrap and in a Ziploc bag – and place the wine in the middle of your suitcase – with clothes above and below.

Tandy’s Tips

Tandy Sinclair is an alternative health and wellness consultant, Reiki practitioner and an avid supporter of organic health and beauty products.

Ask Tandy: Feel free to submit questions to editor@secrets2success.co.za

“You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want to find time, you must make it.” So goes the saying about time and what to make of it. Nowadays, even with sophisticated gadgets that tell time and equipment that supposedly make life easier, many people still woefully exclaim that they do not have enough time in their hands. This is particularly true to people who want to get rich fast; they want to accumulate wealth in the shortest possible time. One obvious example is the popularity of lottery and other similar games of chance in many countries. When the jackpot runs into millions of dollars, long queues are seen around lottery outlets.

Everything today can almost be had in an instant—coffee, noodles, laundry, even fast cash loans! But aside from the daily convenience of these things, there is also a bad side to having things in an instant. Like what was pointed out earlier, people want to get rich quick, and this attitude cannot be good all the time. There are scrupulous business people who sell things at outrageous mark-ups, to make a killing as quickly as possible. There are also employees who want the best promotions as soon as possible and will do anything to get it.

But becoming financially secure, or wealthy even, does not work that way. Take for example people who win the lottery. More often than not, people never hear from the winners after they are given the prize money. Maybe most of these “lucky” lottery winners are now bankrupt or back to where they were before they won the millions of dollars from the pot money. Maybe they have thrown away their winnings because unwise spending or just spending period. Like they say, “Easy come, easy go.” Now, how about that ambitious employee who just kept on scheming for the best promotion? Maybe, he or she will eventually get it but to what cost? Or, what about those businesses that was closed down by the authorities because it was overpricing and overcharging its goods or services?

Truth to tell, it takes time to earn money and make it grow to fruition. And, time can be a powerful tool in the hands of the wise. The younger a person realizes this, the more opportunities he or she could find to build wealth. The two keys are patience and perseverance.

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Learning the Value of Time

Author: Scott Huey
So you have packed up the car full of everything you need for a cross country adventure. You have gone down your checklist and have everything you need for a successful trip. You take off down the road and head to the highway. You have many places in your head you want to visit on your journey and you are so looking forward to getting to each spot. Everything is great except for one thing, you don’t have a map for your trip. What do you think the odds of you being able to get to the places you want to go without knowing how to get there, probably not very good. The map is nothing more than where you are going and how you are going to get there, written down.

Unfortunately most people leave their house every morning with out their map. They go day to day and wonder why they have not gotten to that place they have been wanting to go for years. They just have not gotten the written directions on how to get to their dreams. Written goals are much more than things jotted down on paper. They are complete and focused, just like a road map.

It is easy to tell you what goals are but showing you how to create and implement them is the tricky part. Everyone in the world knows what a goal is but not everyone knows how to achieve them. This is where you separate yourself from the pack. First, let’s look at how you should define your goals.

When you sit down and start thinking about your goals they are going to need to make since. You can say “my goal is to make $100,000 a year” that is spectacular but is it a real goal or just a fantasy? Has your goal been defined by the S.M.A.R.T system?

S – Specific: Goals should be straightforward and emphasize what you want to happen.
Specifics help us to focus our efforts and clearly define what we are going to do. Specific is the What, Why, and How of the SMART goals. WHAT are you going to do? Use action words such as direct, organize, coordinate, lead, develop and plan. WHY is this important to do right now? What do you want to accomplish? HOW are you going to do it? Ensure the goals you set is very specific, clear and easy. Instead of setting a goal to lose weight or be healthier, set a specific goal to lose 25 lbs. or to walk 5 miles at a challenging pace.

M – Measurable: If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. In the broadest sense, the whole goal statement is a measure for the project; if the goal is accomplished, the is a success. However, there are usually several short-term or small measurements that can be built into the goal. Choose a goal with measurable progress, so you can see the change occur. How will you see when you reach your goal? Be specific! “I want to ride my mountain bike 3 miles a day before July” shows the specific target to be measure. “I want to be a good bike rider” is not as measurable. Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set. When you measure your progress, you will stay motivated, you stay on track, reach your target dates, and experience the exhilaration of achievement that spurs you on to continued effort required to reach your goals.

A – Attainable: When you prioritize goals that are most important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can make them happen. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of those goals. Goals you set which are too far out of your reach, you probably won’t commit to doing. Although you may start with the best of intentions, the knowledge that it’s too much for you means your inner self will keep reminding you of this fact and will stop you from even giving it your best. A goal needs to stretch you slightly so you feel you can do it and it will need a real commitment from you. For instance, if you aim to lose 20lbs in one week, we all know that isn’t achievable. But setting a goal to loose 1lb and when you’ve achieved that, aiming to lose another 1lb, will keep it achievable for you. The feeling of success which this brings helps you to remain motivated.

R – Realistic: Realistic does not mean easy, it means obtainable. Your goals need to be something that you know you can accomplish. For instance, I know I can never be President of the United States but I can be President of a smaller organization. Devise a plan or a way of getting there which makes the goal realistic. The goal needs to be realistic for you and where you are at the moment. A goal of never again eating cookies or chocolate may not be realistic for someone who really enjoys these foods. Maybe it would be better if your goal was to eat more fruit instead of sweets. You can say “My goal is to eat an apple after lunch instead of a candy bar for a month and see how I feel.” Be sure to set goals that you can attain with some effort! If it is too difficult then you set the stage for failure, but too low sends the message that you aren’t very capable. Set the bar high enough to satisfy your inner self.

T – Timely: Set a time frame for the goal. You can’t achieve something if you don’t put a dead line on it. How often does your boss give you a task to complete and doesn’t give you a dead line for it. If you don’t set a time, the commitment is too vague. It tends not to happen because you feel you can start at any time. Without a time limit, there’s no sense of urgency to start taking action. The time frame must be measurable and realistic.

Now that you understand the basics of SMART goals it is time to start examining the aspects of our lives that are important to us. The goals you set should effect many places in your life. A lot of times we do not take the time to see the different aspects we hold beneath us. Most people think about setting goals for our professional life or our personal life but we tend to go much deeper than that. Here are some examples of goal areas. These questions and statements should help you start getting things on paper.

• Artistic – Many of us have an artistic goal that we just don’t realize yet. Think back to something you wanted to accomplish. Did you ever want to be published and share your thoughts with the world ( like I did ) or just paint a simple picture that you could pass on to a loved one. These would be considered artistic goals.
• Public Service – Many people want to leave the world a better place. If helping the unfortunate is your passion then decide how you will do that.
• Pleasure – Guys, life isn’t a dress rehearsal. Some of your goals should be for the enjoyment of yourself. Don’t worry, it doesn’t make you selfish.
• Physical – Do you have some athletic goals or just want to become healthier so you can have a few more years to spread some joy?
• Financial – How much do you want to be earning by what stage in the game?
• Family – Set goals for your family. Will your kids go to college and if so will you pay for it? Do you even plan on having kids and if so how many?
• Career – What kind of work do you want to be doing 5 years from now and how high do you want to go?
• Education – Is there any knowledge you want to acquire or a subject you want to learn about. Education doesn’t have to be going back to school but maybe just picking up a book and reading.
• Attitude – Is there something about you you want to adjust?

Now you can see there are different aspects to our lives that we may have never even realized. As you are writing down your new goals I have some tips for you to remember to make things easier and more likely for you to achieve your goals.

1. A goal can not be a contradiction to another one of your goals. Example: You can not have a goal of buying a million dollar home when you set a goal of making $50,000 a year. Those two goals contradict themselves. If this is indeed your goal I hope your other goal is to marry a very very rich woman. Make sure your goals compliment each other.

2. Set goals for ALL walks of life. So many times people set their professional goals. They carry on and conquer what they set out for just to realize that their life is one sided. They are successful and have become what they always wanted in the business world but their personal life is in shambles. If you set a professional goal make sure you set a personal one as well. That way when it is all said and done you will have a balanced life ahead of you and there will be no need for back tracking. You can set goals for your professional self, your spiritual self, your sociable self and of course your financial self.

3. Be very detailed when writing your goals down. This is very important. When I write down goals they are typically accompanied by what I call “sub class” goals. Meaning that my goals are some what complicated and it takes the accomplishment of several smaller goals to achieve one large one. It is easier to stay on course to that larger one when you keep knocking out small ones along the way.

4. Don’t share your goals. The first thing people want to do when they take the step to goal setting is share what they have learned. DON’T! Sure, you can tell people you set goals but there is no need to share them with anybody. Sharing goals with others just leads to others knocking them and discouraging you. These are your goals and nobody else’s. When you accomplish one, shout it from the roof top but until then just keep it to yourself.

5. Put it on paper. In my mind a goal is just a dream if it isn’t written down. If you make your goal the written word then you will derive more benefits from it. You should read your goals before you go to bed and when you get up in the morning. I have even gone so far as to put some of my loftiest goals into a picture setting so I can see them all the time when walking through the house. Some people put their goals in their PDA’s to constantly view. How ever you decide to place your goals for view is your choice but remember…what you think you will become.

6. Don’t get discouraged if you miss a goal. I am not saying be easy on yourself, you must hold yourself accountable but give yourself a second chance to reach that goal. It could take a few tries but if you are determined and if the goal is truly important to you I know you will be able to achieve it. We are all capable of great things.

I hope this brief writing will help some people start to achieve the things that are important to them. I know once I started on this path the world opened up and if I can help open somebody else’s world up then one more goal of mine is completed.
Copyright © 2008 by ScottHuey.com.

About the Author:

Scott Huey is a self evolving man with many views and thoughts. To see what Scott is about visit his self help site for the Evolution of a Man.

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Become a Goal Setter

You’ve probably heard the saying that success leaves clues. One place that success clues can be found is in the habits that successful people have in common with each other. Here are seven such habits to give you clues to winning the success game in your own life.

Winning Habit Number 1: Accepting Responsibilities For Your Outcomes

Once you start truly, and without exception, accepting total responsibility for where you are in life and for the outcomes you are experiencing, then you have achieved the first step in setting your life in any direction you want it to go.

Winning Habit Number 2: Breaking Through Limitation

Any limitation you have at the moment is only temporary, if you choose it to be temporary. If you commit to the philosophy of constant and never ending improvement and you actually apply that philosophy in your life then you can chip away at any limitation and eventually remove it.

Winning Habit Number 3: Facing the Hard Facts and Finding Solutions to Them

What your reality is now, is what it is now. If you don’t want that to continue to be your reality in the future then the first step is to accurately see it as it is. Then, and only then, can you take appropriate actions to change it.

Winning Habit Number 4: Continually Learning and Improving

Perhaps the greatest aspect of this magnificent opportunity that we call life is the opportunity to continually improve ourselves. Successful people have the habit of improving both their knowledge and the practical application of that knowledge such that their life is enhanced on a daily basis.

Winning Habit Number 5: Taking Goal-Directed Action Every Day.

Successful people develop the habit of taking daily goal-directed action until it is so well ingrained in them that it is as automatic as breathing is.

If you still have to discipline yourself to take daily goal-directed action, or to remind yourself to take daily goal-directed action, then you simply have not been doing it consistently enough to have made it a part of your nature. Stick with it until you reach the point where it becomes impossible to not do it.

Winning Habit Number 6: Recognising, Creating, and Seizing Opportunities

Winners train themselves to become expert opportunity spotters, expert opportunity creators and expert opportunity takers.

Opportunity doesn’t come knocking at your door very often but it is always wandering nearby just waiting for you to come out and introduce yourself.

Winning Habit Number 7: Recognising and Managing Your Weaknesses and Risks

Winners do not fear their weaknesses nor do they fear risk. They know that these are simply part of the world we live in. Winners who win consistently have developed good risk management and weakness management skills and they use them daily.

Having sound risk management strategies in place can free up your mind so that you can focus your thoughts, energy and actions on producing profits and success in your life.

Now some questions for you to answer.

How do you score on the seven habits of winners? Are they habits that you already have firmly locked in place, or are they habits that you need to develop and repeat often enough for them to become as automatic for you as breathing is?

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Recession Busting Breakfast

A few months ago I heard about an initiative to Boycott the Recession. The initiative was started by Blair Singer, the founder of SalesPartners Worldwide. The initiative has spread to South Africa.

One of the most powerful things about South Africa is our Spirit of Ubuntu. Nowhere else in the world do you find a sense of community like that when a group of like-minded people get together to help each other out of a difficult situation.

The astounding truth is that we have the power of adding our strengths and working together to change your Personal Recession into a time of Personal Growth.

In the same Spirit of Ubuntu, three dynamic business women, Bettina Horvath of SalesPartners Cape Region, Gwen Kloppers of Inspiring Women Network and Veena Sebastian of the Atlantic Imbizo Conference Venue, decided it was time to work together to help small business owners unleash their potential and bust through the recession.

Cape Townians have the opportunity to learn how to bust through the recession in just three hours.

There are business breakfasts. And then there are Recession Busting Business Breakfasts. This is not merely an opportunity to collect a few business cards and hope for the best. This is an opportunity to learn valuable skills that will take your business to new heights and give you the opportunity and the skills to turn your business around, literally within 3 hours.

In this powerful and engaging breakfast you will learn within 3 hours exactly what it takes to find clients, make a memorable impact and close more sales.

As part of the breakfast each delegate will also be given a Recession Buster Kit valued at over R3500.

For more information about the Recession Busting Breakfast and to book a seat, visit the website here: www.salespartnercape.co.za

If  I had a Rand (yes, not even a dollar!) for every time I’ve been asked that question, I’d be sitting in the pound seats! I think that every person would probably define it slightly differently from the next. Some might say that two people that manage to stay together for life are in a successful relationship. Really? Even if they have not had sex or an in-depth conversation for 30 years? Others might say, if they don’t fight. But is it a successful relationship if they don’t fight because one or both have given up declaring how they feel? So many people, so many opinions.

All of us have at some stage had our struggles with relationships. It is inherent in the design of a relationship: two sets of values, two communication styles, two sets of emotional and sexual needs, two sets of expectations regarding relationships, etc. Is it any wonder that we get lost in this jungle? And the more intimate we are, the higher the stakes are and more expectations we have of our partners. Conflict seems to be a function of intimacy. The more energy we invest into someone, the more we expect that person to meet our needs, consciously or unconsciously.

But what if relationships are not designed to make you happy until you ride off into the sunset? Would you still want one? What would the purpose of a relationship be then? And if you know a relationship will sometimes make you happy and sometimes dog-miserable, how would you define a successful relationship?

For me the answer is written in the forecourt of the temple of Apollo at Delphi: Know Thyself. There is no other place in our lives where we are given the chance to learn who we are with such clarity, as in the image that our intimate partners reflect back at us. And what we see isn’t always pretty.

One way of deepening our self knowledge is through the ancient analytical system of astrology. Through this lens one can look at how we employ the various parts of our psyche in an intimate relationship. And of course, once one sees one’s own behavioural patterns clearly, one can make conscious choices on which ones to keep, which to discard and which to change.

Using the elements of an astrological analysis, one would look at a person’s core personality, their emotional needs, their communication style, their relationship preferences and their sexual drivers.

There is a common belief that good communication is the number one prerequisite for a successful relationship. But somehow we humans seem to have a lot of trouble with the simple mechanics of sending and receiving a message! Could it be that our habitual communication style needs to be adapted in order to be more finely tuned to that of our partner’s? For example, if our communication style has the characteristics of the earth element, we would be talking straight, matter-of-factly and to the point. If we then encounter someone who has more of a water element emphasis, we would have to adapt our style to a more feelings-based approach, so that they feel heard and validated.

In the process of exploring our communication style, we would of course also take a look at how we listen, as well! It is also helpful to negotiate beforehand what the rules of engagement are, when encountering a conflict situation.

Through any type of self-exploration, we become more aware of the mechanics of our own mind. With more knowledge of ourselves, we are set free from being a victim of  living a life by default and we can make conscious choices that enable us to become our best possible selves. Sometimes relationship trouble is just what we need in order to kick-start a journey towards a more conscious life.

And what greater success story is there than having a more balanced, healthier and conscious outlook on life? Perhaps Eckhart Tolle has a point when he says that relationships aren’t there to make us happy, they are there to make us conscious.

Written by Babett Baer, Counselling Astrologer and director of AstroDate

For more information and to contact Babett, click here.

Head vs. Heart Decisions

Head, Heart or both?

Most of us use both when making decisions, although some of us favour one over the other. 

I ensure I use both when making decisions, perhaps a little more heart… after all that intuitive feeling I get has been pretty right most of the time.  I like to weigh up my options and then let my heart lead.  It works most times   In my early 20’s I was definitely all heart, very impulsive and I made gut influenced decisions.  The older I’ve become I realise that I do cross over and use logic, rational and objective reasoning.  (And at times, I’ve ignored my heart and been stuck in my head)

Knowing when to use head or heart it is up to you and the situation you face, although developing the means to cross over and use both sphere’s adds to the richness of our decision making power.

When I reflect back on my decision making prior to starting my own coaching practice I realised that I was primarily operating in the head zone. It was fear driven.  I evaluated everything, over analysed it and found myself not doing anything due to fear and my own limiting beliefs.  This lead to procrastination.  Once I allowed my heart into the decision making process I could not deny myself the knowledge that this was the right path for me.  My intuition told me this is the way to go.  I didn’t have all the answers I would need to begin but I had faith that I would be guided on the way.  Instead of thinking “I should” I starting thinking “I could” and the “have to” idea was easily replaced with “I want to.”

Our ‘heart’ decisions are made with our right brain which is holistic, subjective and intuitive, while ‘head’ decisions are made with our left brain.  This is our rational side, where we analyse information and make use of objective reasoning.  This can leave us being in two minds when making a decision.

Being in 2 minds

This happens when there is a perceived conflict between our head and heart.  Our rational left brain looks at the facts, analyses and looks for the logic while our creative right brain goes with what feels right.

No decision is a decision

I’ve found myself at times in a quandary as to which way to go, sometimes thinking I’ll take no action just yet as I can’t decide.  But taking no action is a decision in itself.  Being indecisive is a decision we make to take no action.

Why is this?

Well to me, taking a decision one way or another means committing to it and by choosing a particular path means I have to reject others and this could close the door on other possibilities.   Sometimes there is a sense of loss even.  Have you felt like this?

Just do it

While we’d love to always be making the right decisions, on occasion we do miss the mark.  And that’s okay.  As long as we are making decisions that move us towards our goals that’s good as if they are not ideal we get to find out soon enough and take action towards rectifying it.  We can then look at the other possibilities that we previously rejected or have new possibilities from our learning from the previous decision. Taking no decision leaves us sitting on the fence.  It’s not as easy to move forward when we put our life on hold. So… just do it.

How?

Weigh it up and go with your heart

Considering all the facts and logic, weighing up the pro’s and cons gives us information we need to consider.  We should be wary of making decisions that are fear driven. 

Once we have used objective reasoning on the facts we have, then we go with our heart.  This leads to a balance between our intuition and logical choice, providing us with better quality positive decisions that are right for us.

Intuition – that Gut feeling

What does your gut tell you?  Intuition decision making may not show you the steps to get there, it is more about trust and faith in yourself.  You act in the belief that you know the way.  Sometimes, after I’ve made a decision I get a gut feeling – something just doesn’t feel right.  Instead of ignoring this I know that to me it means that something is not right about the decision I’ve made.  Perhaps I need to reevaluate it, perhaps I need to chat to someone about it, and perhaps I need to do something to change it.  What does your gut tell you?

You made a decision to read this article.  We are presented with choices all the time; it is just up to us to make use them.

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