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Become a decision-making god.
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1. Widen your options
Exploring additional options rather than one brings the failure rate of your decision down considerably.
Consider the opportunity cost of each option.
Consider more than one option at the same time.
Ultimately it is critical to think about your goal.
Exploring additional options rather than one brings the failure rate of your decision down considerably.
Consider the opportunity cost of each option.
Consider more than one option at the same time.
Ultimately it is critical to think about your goal.
2. Reality-Test your assumptions, act on it, triage thinking
Take a step outside of your situation to see how others have decided in the same situation.
Be critical of the decision you are leaning towards by asking yourself questions as to why it will not work in your favour.
Take a step outside of your situation to see how others have decided in the same situation.
Be critical of the decision you are leaning towards by asking yourself questions as to why it will not work in your favour.
3. Attain distance before deciding.
Step out of yourself and question yourself on the decision you're about to make.
Why did you think that? Why should you take this perspective?
Understand the psychology of who this affects.
Step out of yourself and question yourself on the decision you're about to make.
Why did you think that? Why should you take this perspective?
Understand the psychology of who this affects.
4. Prepare to be wrong
Consider two scenarios:
One where all goes well and you made the right decision to benefit you
And one where all goes wrong and the worse possible outcome has occurred.
Put yourself a year into the future after things went wrong and analyse the decision
Consider two scenarios:
One where all goes well and you made the right decision to benefit you
And one where all goes wrong and the worse possible outcome has occurred.
Put yourself a year into the future after things went wrong and analyse the decision
5. Trust your gut
The best way to do this is by understanding what your gut reaction is by noticing what the first thought that entered your mind was.
Distinguish between your strong emotional bias to the situation and your gut feeling.
They two very different things.
The best way to do this is by understanding what your gut reaction is by noticing what the first thought that entered your mind was.
Distinguish between your strong emotional bias to the situation and your gut feeling.
They two very different things.
6. Have a flexible approach
Competitively can discourage flexibility in making your decisions and could cost you a good outcome.
Sense changes that may have occurred in situations which you may not have planned for and take them into consideration.
Competitively can discourage flexibility in making your decisions and could cost you a good outcome.
Sense changes that may have occurred in situations which you may not have planned for and take them into consideration.
7. Certainty and doubt
Start by laying out all of your available choices, then determine what your core values are and what truly matters to you in relation to the decision.
Process this decision in your mind by letting go of any attachment to any other choices you had.
Start by laying out all of your available choices, then determine what your core values are and what truly matters to you in relation to the decision.
Process this decision in your mind by letting go of any attachment to any other choices you had.
8. Tools for thinking
The most popular tool you can use to help you make a constructive decision are:
- SWOT Analysis
- Decision Matrix
- Pareto Analysis
- Marginal Analysis
The most popular tool you can use to help you make a constructive decision are:
- SWOT Analysis
- Decision Matrix
- Pareto Analysis
- Marginal Analysis
9. Prioritise
Recognise that not all of your criteria are equal.
Firstly identify what your goals are then identify all of the criteria for your goals and set them in order of importance.
Compare all of your criteria to identify preference and importance.
Recognise that not all of your criteria are equal.
Firstly identify what your goals are then identify all of the criteria for your goals and set them in order of importance.
Compare all of your criteria to identify preference and importance.
10. Understand what it is you are trying to solve.
Use your problem solving skills to assist in the decision making process.
This will allow you to fully understand exactly what problems each decision will solve
Use your problem solving skills to assist in the decision making process.
This will allow you to fully understand exactly what problems each decision will solve
