Stylish Decisions Exercise

 

Put (+) by the ideas you’d like to develop and minus (-) by those you plan to eliminate.

 

I Make Decisions	Mostly	Sometimes	Rarely
1.       After I look at alternatives
2.       Quickly without looking at alternatives
3.       By turning over the control to someone else
4.       And blame others when the decision turns out badly
5.       Easily
6.       Slowly while agonizing over them
7.       Using my feelings and intuition
8.       Which are disastrous
9.       And usually view them as right on
10.    Myself, but I ask others their opinions before making the final decisions
11.    Without anyone else’s input
12.    While considering the needs of others
13.    After a preliminary test of my decision
14.    And take responsibility for the outcome
15.    And try another plan if my decision doesn’t work

State the issue which requires making a decision.

1. The options are

2. For each option, list the pros and cons. Number pros and cons in order of importance, with 1 as most important.

If I choose a:          Pro                   Con

If I choose b:          Pro                    Con

If I choose c:          Pro                     Con

If I choose d:          Pro                    Con

3. The result:
4. Which options have more positives than negatives, or more important positives than negatives?
5. Which option is the best decision right now?

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