Big Decisions or Small Choices?

Big Choices or Small Choices? You do realize that I have a bias on this topic, as you may notice based on the graphic that I chose to go with this post. Those of you who have read my previous posts about big choices vs. small choices may not see anything new here, but I am trying my very best to communicate the essence of this issue in as many ways possible, so that more folks will pay more attention to the everyday little choices, which I believe will not only improve the quality of their daily lives, but also improve the quality of their bigger decisions in life, which can improve the quality of the lives of those around them.

So I asked a friend of mine, who is a video producer and the founder of Pittsburgh Now, a Meetup group that I run based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, to see if we could capture the distinction in a few short minutes. He came by one evening, asked me a few questions and edited this short video that I would like to share with you.

What would you do differently tomorrow? Anything???

Be well and Happy Holidays!

Krishna

Up Next: Mindful Choices that I will Cherish

Discussion

Joe Stafura December 16, 2013

The default choice is not always designed by someone else, in fact most of the time it is designed by oneself to fit the self image they have constructed over their life, and often is used to tame Choice Complexities.

As one becomes more self aware of their intentions, their default choices will become more in line with their considered choices, which aren’t always better as we know from the old warning on changing your answer on a multiple choice, often your considered choice will be worse than your instincts.

It is impossible to consider every choice, in fact we have evolved to use the short cuts of learned behaviors as habits, it is the bad habits that cause the poor choices to become destructive defaults.

So the point is that just because you consider a decision it isn’t automatically “better”, it requires a more solid understanding of one’s intentions so that the automatic choices reflect your deepest beliefs and not just the tone of the situation at hand.

Thanks for the post Krishna, and best of luck in your efforts.

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