The Decision-Maker is the “real you.”
It’s the part of your mind that serves as the observer, interpreter, and decider. The Decision-Maker is positioned at the center of the Right Choice Model, constantly faced with a choice about how to respond to every situation, circumstance, and event that happens.
Your Decision-Maker is 100% responsible for who you choose to follow, what you choose to think, and how you choose to behave. This concept promotes the idea of free will, asserting that you always have only two response choices when difficult team situations occur:
- Follow Reason (The Right Choice): Act as an ally by demonstrating accountable, responsible, and Right-Minded behaviors.
- Follow Ego (The Wrong Choice): Act as an adversary by reacting emotionally and becoming a victim or victimizer.
The Choice Between Reason and Ego
At all times, the Decision-Maker is either mindful (following Reason/Right Mind) or mindless (following Ego/wrong mind).
- Following Reason: This means calming the Ego mind, trusting your positive intuition, and allowing space for a Moment of Reason to arise. The Decision-Maker consciously chooses to follow the team’s Work Agreements. Choosing this path leads to the forgiving Unified Circle of Right-Minded Thinking and a focus on finding solutions.
- Following Ego: This is choosing to follow negative, arrogant, or vindictive intuition. This path leads to victimization, blame, and punishment among teammates, guaranteeing that solutions are not found.
When the Decision-Maker chooses the upper loop of the Right Choice Model, they demonstrate acceptance, forgiveness, and adjustment—the very characteristics required to achieve 100% customer satisfaction. The experience of being accountable and responsible furthers the evolution of the self, transforming the team into a lovely learning Classroom where people learn from mistakes.
The Decision-Maker is key to achieving Right-Mindedness. It takes mindful practice and commitment to pause and listen to Reason, but the more you practice, the easier it becomes to consistently choose to Do No Harm, Work as One ®.
Learn More
Ken Wapnick, Ph.D., created the term “Decision-Maker” to define the “real you” in A Course in Miracles. For more on his work, visit FACIM.org.
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