How can Meditation help with Decision-making?

In our everyday lives, especially in the workplace we are constantly being brought into situations that involve decision making. Be it from the simplicity on deciding who takes the children to school today, or to the intensity of making a critical business decision, it would be greatly valuable for everyone to learn techniques to make any decision easier and without conflict.

Before coming to the insight and guidance, it is always great to clarify that meditation is bringing yourself into a powerful awareness of the present moment, and whatever experience you find yourself within - this relaxed state of full awareness on whatever it is you are doing right away propels you in a state of direct action - procrastination, laziness, and carelessness dissolves.

The connection in how this translates to the decision- making experience personally and within the workplace, is most likely beginning to arise. So now let us explore.

Tension usually arises when your decision is made out of conflict. This conflict is one that we create for ourselves, coming into one state or another of "over-thinking", leading your mind to race with endless possibilities and options, and of course the infamous "should've, could've, would've" syndrome after the decision has been made.

Decision is wise when it comes out of life; it is foolish when it comes only out of the head. And when it comes only of the head it is never decisive; it is always a conflict. The alternatives remain open and the mind goes on and on, from this side to that. That's how the mind creates conflict.
Zen Insight