We make decisions all the time, consciously or unconsciously. We make our way with the choices we make, more trivial topics, such as the film we want to see now, to more relevant issues such as our beliefs, our work, our studies, our partner, etc. But to what extent are we aware of it, all these decisions we make?
We make so many decisions during the day that many are already automated, and we are not aware of most of them, the brain seeks to save energy and, when making daily decisions, is activated intuitively and quickly.
- The analysis of this theory.
- That of the functioning of the mind in decision-making.
- Led the psychologist Daniel Kahneman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 thanks to research on the rational and intuitive behavior of people.
Khneman has shown that the brain can make decisions in two ways, one faster: intuitive and emotional (the one we use most) and one slower: it involves effort and is rational. One way or another, we’re responsible for our decisions, and that’s something we can’t deny.
“When we have to make a decision and we don’t, it’s already a decision. -William James-
The outcome of the decisions we have already automated is intimately linked to our learning, our experiences, the education we receive, the beliefs we have and the mistakes we make, and we are influenced by many factors that determine our behavior.
You think you’re freely choosing what’s best for you right now?Most of the decisions we make are based on our learning experience we’ve made. When we get carried away quickly and intuitively, we don’t pay attention to what’s really best. for us at the time.
Right now we are the product of the choices we make throughout our lives, by adopting certain behaviors instead of others, we have gained a series of experiences and habits that determine who we are at this particular moment, here and now. the responsibility that this entails.
“The great decisions of human life generally have much more to do with instinct and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will. -Carl Gustav Jung-
Much of what responsibility entails is to be aware that every decision we make, and that we do not make, has consequences, and there is no point in being indifferent to them, because in one way or another they affect and influence us. we choose to be the protagonists of what we live or simply spectators.
To be aware of the implications and consequences of our decisions means to take the reins of our existence, by the time we choose to avoid a decision, it is already made, we are indifferent, at the mercy of circumstances without acting.
We complain about the kind of life we lead, our misfortunes and the misfortunes that happen to us, we use the victim’s behavior to solve what we don’t understand or to manipulate, trying to get what we want. lives in a prison that we create ourselves.
We can decide to have a different kind of life, where we define standards, choose how to behave before each circumstance, taking responsibility for the consequences, even if we are overwhelmed by fear, insecurity, uncertainty and guilt, if we can fight All our ghosts, we will get exactly the life we want, without the need for regrets.
If what we really want is to be happy, we can’t wait for happiness to come on its own. Happiness is achieved through the attitude we take in the face of the inevitable circumstances that arise in our lives. It’s an effort, because we’ll have to make decisions that break the habits that fuel our deepest fears.
“Everything can be taken away from a man, except the last of human freedoms: the choice of his attitude in a number of circumstances, the possibility of choosing his own path. Can’t we change that? If it’s not in your hands To change the situation that makes you suffer, you can always choose the attitude to deal with that suffering. -Viktor Frankl-
I choose to be happy: I face my fears, I admit, accept and correct my mistakes as much as I can, I understand my insecurity, my needs, my anxiety and my discomfort, I do not reject everything that is part of I keep company in solitude, I release my sadness, I make decisions not to fall victim to circumstances, and so I get the peace in which my happiness rests.