Make Better Decisions In 7 Steps

By Ange Fonce

Decision making is a "skill" which requires constant practice.

Although everyone knows that "success" results from "good decisions"... few people bother to hone their "decision making skills"... the following "process" will help you make "good decisions."

1... Set A Deadline...

The opposite of "decision making" is "indecision"... indecision drags things out until the world does the deciding for you... therefore every "important decision" must have a deadline... a "specific time" when you WILL make the "decision."

2... Discover The Knowns...

Informed decisions are better than picking from the "lucky dip bag"... so finding out "facts" is "helpful"... so when it comes to "researching" a "decision".... there is a point of diminishing returns... when you start obsessing on minor details... it is time stop "fact finding."

3... Gather Relevant Inputs...

If your "decision" requires other people to "execute that decision"... you MUST get their "perspective" prior to making the "decision"... when you skip this step... those people will not "own" the decision... and therefore not "execute" it well.

4... Decide...

The root of the word... "decide"... is the Latin word for... "cut off"... a "decision" cuts off the "debate"... and cuts off the "possibility" of pursuing some other course of "action"... once you have "decided"... you MUST now move to "executing" it... or it is not a real "decision."

5... Explain Your Reasoning...

If other people have provided their "perspective" as in Step 3... and are now expected to "execute" the "decision"... they are more likely to "execute well" if you "explain" why you made that "decision" rather than pursue other options.

6... Never Second Guess...

Once you have made a "decision"... you must not question it... or seriously listen to other people question it... until you have obtained the "results" of "executing" that "decision"... doing so pollutes the execution of the "decision" with "indecision"... thereby creating "inaction."

7... Observe The Results...

It is only after you.. and your team... if they are involved... have made an honest and focused attempt to execute the decision that you stand back... and observe the results. 

If the results are as expected... congratulations! 

If not... continue to step 8.

8... Adjust The Decision...

Bullheadedness makes you just as helpless as indecision... just with a lot more effort. 

So... if you are not getting the results you expect... go back to Step 1. 

Use the "knowledge" you have gained to hone... or "change" your "decision."

As always... leave a man or woman all the "better" for "knowing" you.

Thank you and may you enjoy a Prosperous and Dynamic day!

Yours Sincerely


Ange is an  Author... Speaker... Multipreneur and Humanistic Counselling Psychologist and Dynamic Peak Performance Personal Development Consultant and Sexologist... who works with men and women in cyber space and real world who desire to "personally develop" themselves and their "relationships" and their "wealth" to become Dynamic Lifers... "creators" of their "own life!"



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