…and no it doesn’t say “PDA” although it may be that “it” is also all about that too.

I am talking – PERCEPTION, JUDGMENT, DECISION & ACTION – the sequence we all go through all the time. It is the sequence that we all want to improve in order to make better decisions and create better outcomes. It doesn’t matter if we are a manager, a money-manager an athlete or the CEO of a Pro-Football team. We all want:

1) More accurate perception

2) Better judgment

3) Decisions that take the right risks

4) Actions that embody those decisions in a way and time that further our objectives.

And guess what? MOST of what goes into this PJDA is … uh-oh… unconscious. So, how are we supposed to get better at each step if in most cases we don’t even know what is influencing each step? That seems impossible.

It’s not.

Brain research shows that feelings and emotions – conscious and unconscious – occur at and within every step. This means that all you really have to do is resolve to become aware of what your feelings and emotions are. Ultimately, you will find that you can learn the difference between an intuitive feeling (experiential learning and unconscious pattern recognition) and an impulsive one (one driven by emotional goals unrelated to the present situation, problem or people).

It is that simple – resolve to have a strategy to improve your PJDA through awareness of feelings and emotions with the goal being to be able to tell the difference when you are feeling one type versus the other. It works for everyone.