You rarely second guess the choices that you have made

7 Ways to Make Good Choices

7 Ways to Make Good Choices

We’re all confronted by countless choices each day. Some have minimal consequences, such as whether to have our ice cream in a cup or cone, while other decisions can be life changing. And while some of these choices may impact our lives today, other choices may not affect us for years to come. The important thing to remember is that we are a product of the choices we make. Each decision helps to define who we are and how we’re different from one another. Making good choices begins with taking charge of the decision-making process. Do you make good choices?

Manage the big stuff. It’s very easy to get sidetracked by insignificant issues in life. If you spend a lot of time on trivial stuff, you won’t have time to contemplate things that matter.

Values matter. Make decisions that are consistent with your core beliefs and values. The alternative invariably leads to regret.

Learn from the past. Learn from your experiences and the experiences of others. Identify situations where you’ve had a similar choice in the past. How can you apply those lessons learned to the existing situation?

Know what you know and what you don’t know. Don’t try to be an expert in everything. Seek input and advice when variables lie outside your comfort zone.

Keep the right perspective. View an issue from every vantage point. What do the facts say? What is your intuition telling you? Is your conscience trying to tell you something? Listen up.

Don’t procrastinate. You’ll rarely have all the information that you need to make a “perfect” decision. So don’t demand perfection. The philosopher Voltaire warned against letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. That advice still holds true today.

Once you make a decision, don’t look back, make it work. Don’t second-guess yourself. You can’t relive the past. It’s a waste of valuable time and energy.

Life’s not about checking an item off your to-do list or trying to impress others with how busy you are. Life’s about being content with where you’ve been, where you are now, and where you’re going. It’s about being proud of who you are, what you represent, and the impact that you’re having on others. This begins and ends with the choices that you make. So give some serious thought to every choice you face. As Albert Camus once said, “Life is a sum of all your choices.” Are you happy with the path that you’re choosing for yourself? The choice is yours.

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This is adapted from Follow Your Conscience: Make a Difference in Your Life & in the Lives of Others By Frank Sonnenberg © 2014 Frank Sonnenberg. All rights reserved.

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second-guess — second guesses, second guessing, second guessed VERB If you try to second guess something, you try to guess in advance what someone will do or what will happen. [V n] Editors and contributors are trying to second guess the future. [Also V] … English dictionary

second-guess — (someone/something) 1. to try to guess what will happen or what someone will do. It s not for us to second guess the court s decision we ll just have to wait and see. (American & Australian) 2. to criticize someone s actions or an event after it… … New idioms dictionary

second-guess — v [T] 1.) to try to say what will happen or what someone will do before they do it ▪ I m not going to try and second guess the committee s decisions. 2.) AmE to criticize something after it has already happened ▪ The decision has been made there… … Dictionary of contemporary English

second-guess — If you second guess someone, you try to predict what they will do … The small dictionary of idiomes

second-guess — verb transitive 1. ) AMERICAN to criticize a decision after the results of the decision are known 2. ) to guess what someone is going to do or what will happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

second guess — guess what people think or what they will do Don t try to second guess people. Ask them what you need to know … English idioms

second-guess — second guesser, n. /sek euhnd ges /, v.t. 1. to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting. 2. to predict (something) or outguess (someone): We must try to second guess what he ll do next. [1945 50] * * * … Universalium

second-guess — (v.) 1941, back formation from second guesser (1937), American English, originally baseball slang for a fan who loudly questions decisions by players, managers, etc.; perhaps from guesser in the baseball slang sense of umpire … Etymology dictionary

second-guess — [sek′ənd ges′] vt., vi. Informal to use hindsight in criticizing or advising (someone), re solving (a past problem), remaking (a decision), etc. second guesser n … English World dictionary

second-guess — ► VERB 1) anticipate or predict (someone s actions or thoughts) by guesswork. 2) judge (someone) with hindsight … English terms dictionary

second-guess — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms second guess : present tense I/you/we/they second guess he/she/it second guesses present participle second guessing past tense second guessed past participle second guessed 1) to guess what someone is going to … English dictionary

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1 second-guess

2 second-guess

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to second-guess sb. — anticipare le mosse di qcn

to second-guess sb. — anticipare le mosse di qcn

10 second guess

11 second Guess

12 second-guess

13 second-guess

14 second-guess

I believe that the jury was wrong. But it is easy to second-guess ten years later, when we know the whole story.

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16 second-guess

we must second-guess what he will do next — мы должны предугадать, что он ещё сделает

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См. также в других словарях:

second-guess — second guesses, second guessing, second guessed VERB If you try to second guess something, you try to guess in advance what someone will do or what will happen. [V n] Editors and contributors are trying to second guess the future. [Also V] … English dictionary

second-guess — (someone/something) 1. to try to guess what will happen or what someone will do. It s not for us to second guess the court s decision we ll just have to wait and see. (American & Australian) 2. to criticize someone s actions or an event after it… … New idioms dictionary

second-guess — v [T] 1.) to try to say what will happen or what someone will do before they do it ▪ I m not going to try and second guess the committee s decisions. 2.) AmE to criticize something after it has already happened ▪ The decision has been made there… … Dictionary of contemporary English

second-guess — If you second guess someone, you try to predict what they will do … The small dictionary of idiomes

second-guess — verb transitive 1. ) AMERICAN to criticize a decision after the results of the decision are known 2. ) to guess what someone is going to do or what will happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

second guess — guess what people think or what they will do Don t try to second guess people. Ask them what you need to know … English idioms

second-guess — second guesser, n. /sek euhnd ges /, v.t. 1. to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting. 2. to predict (something) or outguess (someone): We must try to second guess what he ll do next. [1945 50] * * * … Universalium

second-guess — (v.) 1941, back formation from second guesser (1937), American English, originally baseball slang for a fan who loudly questions decisions by players, managers, etc.; perhaps from guesser in the baseball slang sense of umpire … Etymology dictionary

second-guess — [sek′ənd ges′] vt., vi. Informal to use hindsight in criticizing or advising (someone), re solving (a past problem), remaking (a decision), etc. second guesser n … English World dictionary

second-guess — ► VERB 1) anticipate or predict (someone s actions or thoughts) by guesswork. 2) judge (someone) with hindsight … English terms dictionary

second-guess — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms second guess : present tense I/you/we/they second guess he/she/it second guesses present participle second guessing past tense second guessed past participle second guessed 1) to guess what someone is going to … English dictionary

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1 second-guess

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3 second-guess

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to second-guess sb. — anticipare le mosse di qcn

to second-guess sb. — anticipare le mosse di qcn

10 second guess

11 second Guess

12 second-guess

13 second-guess

14 second-guess

I believe that the jury was wrong. But it is easy to second-guess ten years later, when we know the whole story.

15 second-guess

16 second-guess

we must second-guess what he will do next — мы должны предугадать, что он ещё сделает

17 second-guess

18 second guess

19 second-guess

20 second guess

См. также в других словарях:

second-guess — second guesses, second guessing, second guessed VERB If you try to second guess something, you try to guess in advance what someone will do or what will happen. [V n] Editors and contributors are trying to second guess the future. [Also V] … English dictionary

second-guess — (someone/something) 1. to try to guess what will happen or what someone will do. It s not for us to second guess the court s decision we ll just have to wait and see. (American & Australian) 2. to criticize someone s actions or an event after it… … New idioms dictionary

second-guess — v [T] 1.) to try to say what will happen or what someone will do before they do it ▪ I m not going to try and second guess the committee s decisions. 2.) AmE to criticize something after it has already happened ▪ The decision has been made there… … Dictionary of contemporary English

second-guess — If you second guess someone, you try to predict what they will do … The small dictionary of idiomes

second-guess — verb transitive 1. ) AMERICAN to criticize a decision after the results of the decision are known 2. ) to guess what someone is going to do or what will happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

second guess — guess what people think or what they will do Don t try to second guess people. Ask them what you need to know … English idioms

second-guess — second guesser, n. /sek euhnd ges /, v.t. 1. to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting. 2. to predict (something) or outguess (someone): We must try to second guess what he ll do next. [1945 50] * * * … Universalium

second-guess — (v.) 1941, back formation from second guesser (1937), American English, originally baseball slang for a fan who loudly questions decisions by players, managers, etc.; perhaps from guesser in the baseball slang sense of umpire … Etymology dictionary

second-guess — [sek′ənd ges′] vt., vi. Informal to use hindsight in criticizing or advising (someone), re solving (a past problem), remaking (a decision), etc. second guesser n … English World dictionary

second-guess — ► VERB 1) anticipate or predict (someone s actions or thoughts) by guesswork. 2) judge (someone) with hindsight … English terms dictionary

second-guess — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms second guess : present tense I/you/we/they second guess he/she/it second guesses present participle second guessing past tense second guessed past participle second guessed 1) to guess what someone is going to … English dictionary

second-guess

1 менять свое мнение задним числом

2 критиковать слишком поздно

3 пересмотр

4 пересматривать прежнее мнение

5 перехитрить

6 предвосхитить

7 предугадать

8 предугадывать

9 если вы думаете, что мы согласимся, вам придётся убедиться в противном

10 задним умом крепок

11 мы должны предугадать, что он ещё сделает

12 предвосхищать

13 сомневаться, критиковать

14 пересматривать

пересматривать свою политику — to reexamine / to rethink one’s policy

пересмотреть соглашение / договор и т.п. — to renegotiate an agreement / a treaty, etc.

15 предсказывать

16 предугадывать

См. также в других словарях:

second-guess — second guesses, second guessing, second guessed VERB If you try to second guess something, you try to guess in advance what someone will do or what will happen. [V n] Editors and contributors are trying to second guess the future. [Also V] … English dictionary

second-guess — (someone/something) 1. to try to guess what will happen or what someone will do. It s not for us to second guess the court s decision we ll just have to wait and see. (American & Australian) 2. to criticize someone s actions or an event after it… … New idioms dictionary

second-guess — v [T] 1.) to try to say what will happen or what someone will do before they do it ▪ I m not going to try and second guess the committee s decisions. 2.) AmE to criticize something after it has already happened ▪ The decision has been made there… … Dictionary of contemporary English

second-guess — If you second guess someone, you try to predict what they will do … The small dictionary of idiomes

second-guess — verb transitive 1. ) AMERICAN to criticize a decision after the results of the decision are known 2. ) to guess what someone is going to do or what will happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

second guess — guess what people think or what they will do Don t try to second guess people. Ask them what you need to know … English idioms

second-guess — second guesser, n. /sek euhnd ges /, v.t. 1. to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting. 2. to predict (something) or outguess (someone): We must try to second guess what he ll do next. [1945 50] * * * … Universalium

second-guess — (v.) 1941, back formation from second guesser (1937), American English, originally baseball slang for a fan who loudly questions decisions by players, managers, etc.; perhaps from guesser in the baseball slang sense of umpire … Etymology dictionary

second-guess — [sek′ənd ges′] vt., vi. Informal to use hindsight in criticizing or advising (someone), re solving (a past problem), remaking (a decision), etc. second guesser n … English World dictionary

second-guess — ► VERB 1) anticipate or predict (someone s actions or thoughts) by guesswork. 2) judge (someone) with hindsight … English terms dictionary

second-guess — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms second guess : present tense I/you/we/they second guess he/she/it second guesses present participle second guessing past tense second guessed past participle second guessed 1) to guess what someone is going to … English dictionary