When a person is faced with a serious problem, he is forced to make difficult decisions for himself. However, they are not always pleasant, and it becomes much more difficult to make the right choice.
Instructions
Step 1
Try not to take the situation to heart and try to look at it from the outside. Imagine the problem happened to someone else and you were asked for advice. What opinion would you express to your friends on this issue? Other people's problems always seem less significant and easily solvable. Therefore, the first thing to do is to move away from personal experiences and unnecessary emotions.
Step 2
Reach out to people of authority for you for advice and support. Listen to the opinions of acquaintances who have experience in solving similar problems. Summarize what you learned and pay attention to all the possible behaviors that you learned about. Sometimes other people's advice can turn out to be so simple and effective that a person then with surprise thinks that he himself could not guess before.
Step 3
Make a list of possible solutions and analyze each situation separately. Think about the positive and negative consequences you can expect when choosing one or another tactic of behavior.
Step 4
Do not be afraid to violate your principles and act in ways that were not typical for you before. Sometimes it’s time to reconsider your beliefs in life and learn a new demeanor. In some situations, you just need to be able to refuse, put an oversized person in his place and, perhaps, even show harshness and rudeness. Learn to show different emotions and qualities of your character in difficult situations.
Step 5
Do not follow the "knurled path" in solving problems. Look for non-trivial ways out of the situation. Think about how you would definitely not act in this case. Imagine the worst that can happen if you go this route. Perhaps this solution may be the only acceptable and effective one. Often the most paradoxical steps help to get out of a difficult situation with dignity.
Step 6
Accept the possible negative consequences of your decision. If you cannot minimize losses, but you still need to make a choice, then act boldly. Convince yourself that this is the worst thing that could happen to you. Take it for granted that life has its ups and downs, black and white stripes. It is better to quickly make an unpleasant decision, survive its consequences and continue to live in a new positive rhythm. On the contrary, those who tend to put off solving difficult problems for a long time prolong their streak of bad luck and live in constant fear and tension.
