The Art of Decisioning

From the artistic side, I’ve probably rendered a few thousand paintings, drawings and graphic images over the years. What did all those impressions teach me about decisioning?

Art and Decisioning

Lesson: Deciding before you paint dictates what you decide while you paint. For example: Will the theme be Abstract or Realistic…Still Life or Portrait…Watercolor or Oil…Canvas or Board…Large or Small?

You can clearly see how this develops. If you start with a still life of a barn in a pasture, and then haphazardly change your thoughts and designs to portraiture, the confusion of messages will not lead to a successful painting.

Those thought patterns applied to decisioning should follow the same path. But, if you narrow your focus, categorize your thinking and stay consistent with your basic theme…that will keep you own track as you get deeper into the process. Oil painting will have one characteristic while watercolor will have completely different traits. So the decision of one over the other will tend to dictate the entire process that follows.

Point is that if you define and stay true to your basic beliefs, decisioning can and will be a much more efficient process.

ZDT Notes:

The objective (the painting or the decision) will be dictated by your POV (point of view). If you are agnostic, you will not frame your decision around Godly principles, and visa versa. If you are young, you will tend to decide with more limited experience because of age over the older “been there done that” POV.

Who would ever think about the artistic side of decisioning…ZDT.