Decisiveness is perhaps one of the most necessary qualities for a person. It is associated with willpower. In fact, this is the ability to make responsible decisions in a timely manner and without any help, after which they undertake to implement them.
Definition
There is much more to say about determination. This is the quality that is most strikingly manifested in a particularly complex and ambiguous situation, when a person needs to commit some act associated with risk. There are usually several options.
Good example
Suppose a fire started in a building, and the fire was already approaching a room in which there are people who for some reason did not realize what was happening. Each of them has several options for further action. The first is not the most promising - to stay indoors, to pray, but with a high probability in the end burn out. The second is better - to jump out of the window. Either group, or try to land in tree branches. Although if the floor is somewhere 10th, then the option is crossed out. The third action - a person will have to wrap himself with wet rags from head to toe and at maximum speed run through the fire into the street. And finally, the fourth - to stay inside, pour water on the door and everything in the area, plug all the door slots with wet things and call for help.
Why is this all? And the fact that any option requires the manifestation of such a quality as determination. This is a situation in which there is no time for doubt. When you need to act rationally and quickly, despite the circumstances. A situation in which courage and fortitude must be shown.
Daily routine
Of course, the exaggerated situation was provided above. This does not happen to everyone, fortunately, and not every day. But decisiveness is such a quality that many show on a daily basis.
Doctors, for example. Often life depends on their actions. The same can be said about pilots, rescuers, commandos, etc. People of these and many other professions simply cannot afford to be indecisive at the crucial moment.
Adolescents also show some degree of determination. For example, when entering a university. They make a responsible decision - they will have to learn a business for at least another 4 years, which, in theory, will need to be dealt with in life. Many do not work in their specialty, of course, but this is because the years spent during the training were wasted.
And of course, still decisiveness is a quality inherent in athletes. Divers, skiers, parachutists - what they do is amazing. And it is determination that gives athletes the strength to continue.
Other opinions
There are a lot of opinions about what decisiveness is. And I mean scientists, not amateurs. Doctor of Philosophy, Selivanov Vladimir Ivanovich, believed that decisiveness was a synonym for the word “courage”. And the lack of unnecessary doubt and hesitation.
Konstantin Kornilov, a Soviet psychologist, assured: determination is characterized by an energetic transition from the choice of actions directly to their implementation. But he also considered courage an integral feature of this quality. Since, when making a choice, a person is at risk (remember at least the example of a fire). And Kornilov assured that there should be no impulsiveness and haste in decisiveness.
Auxentius Caesarevich Pugni, the Soviet founder of the psychology of sports, said that this quality is a manifestation of willpower. But Kalin Vladimir Konstantinovich considered decisiveness not so important. He said that this is a systemic, secondary quality, which is characterized by less involvement of the non-executive part of the action. Decisiveness, in his opinion, is just the suppression and blocking of emotions that are superfluous in making this or that decision.
Self development
Many people fail to show decisiveness. And it is advisable for everyone to learn this, since the quality is useful, not superfluous. However, all people themselves are well aware of this fact.
The best training is to make independent decisions and put them into practice. There are people who can’t even decide what kind of pizza to order, without any help. Here they need to start with the smallest.
By the way, decisiveness is inextricably linked with such a concept as analysis. This, in the traditional sense, is a research method aimed at studying the individual objects of a particular phenomenon. There is the same principle. Decisiveness is good when it is justified and thought out. Before doing something that requires the manifestation of this quality, a person must think - is he doing the right thing? Is it justified? Recklessness should not be. Otherwise, then you will have to sigh with bitterness, wailing: "First I did it, then I thought."
What else is worth knowing?
There are a few more recommendations on how to develop your own resolve. Character can be educated, and in some cases even redone, so instilling a new quality is definitely not a problem.
So, all tasks aimed at developing decisiveness should be on the man’s shoulder. You can start with self-planning of the day off. A man always dreamed of enrolling in a gym, but was afraid of prying eyes? It's time to decide. Fear spoils everything. In fact, it should generally arise when a person's health / life / well-being is in real danger, and not for any reason. Well, tasks should be feasible, but difficult. A person should be able to fulfill it and overcome, in parallel, fears and doubts. By the way, it is advisable to repeat them. Enrolled in the hall? Walk and train, let it be hard at first. But then experience will appear, and a habit.
About courage
As already mentioned above, this concept is decisively identified. Courage gives a simple definition. This is a person’s ability to resist fear. A synonym for valor. Or courage - a volitional act, the implementation of which, again, requires overcoming fear. But it demonstrates the moral strength of man.
This brief definition is enough to understand: courage and determination are almost the same thing. Namely, the absence of fear and the willingness to accept responsibility for the perfect choice and its implementation. This is a positive strong-willed quality of personality. And also the willingness of the individual to follow the path of realizing the goal that he set for himself. And do not turn off under any circumstances, overcome dangers and difficulties. But at the same time, if a person can be called decisive and courageous - this does not mean that he has no fears. They are. And each of us, without exception. Only in some they are on the surface, while in others - deep down.
By the way, still often these qualities are characterized as the ability of a person to do something for the good in such conditions in which they usually do not take any action.
Determination
Finally, a few words about this quality. Determination and determination are synonyms. That is, those that are similar in spelling and sound, but different in meaning.
Determination is a person’s state that reflects his willingness to start a business and bring it to the end. This concept is also identified with courage. And decisiveness is a stable, constantly present in the character of a person quality, manifested in the firmness of actions, adherence and lack of doubt. Everyone can show one-time determination, after which, the next time, they will be discouraged: "No, I will no longer risk it." Having understood the concept, you can feel the difference.