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The Three-Question Method to Solve Your Dilemmas
You have the answer within, learn to find it
Life consists of an eternal string of choices and it’s both the beauty and the burden of it. In Western cultures, we grow up with the idea of free will and from a very young age, we are raised to make choices — smaller, bigger and life-altering ones.
Even If we are blessed with parents who show us the way, we still come to points when we need to make decisions about our behaviour, our personality, our days, plans and ambitions. Depending on our circumstances, we might need to learn the hard way, and our bad decisions teach us how to watch out for consequences first before we act next time.
Sometimes we face options and alternatives, other times we struggle with dilemmas — where it seems impossible to choose the right path.
A dilemma is a mandatory choice between two equally challenging situations, where none of the alternatives calls out to us — rationally or emotionally — and it feels that we need to choose between a rock and a hard place.
A typical, rational decision-making process involves listing the pros and cons, trying to figure out the possible outcomes and their effects on our future. It also can involve lengthy discussion with others and ourselves, asking for advice from those…
