The article written last week started with a quote I would like to repeat in my opening line today; “The decisions we are making today have far-reaching consequences tomorrow.”
We need to understand the decision-making process in order to guide our daily choices. As an individual, supervisor/manager, or business owner; mastering the decision process ensures consistency in the quality and accuracy of your decisions. The quality and accuracy of decisions are based on the quality and accuracy of available information.
The first step to look at is “Identifying The Decision.”
We act based on our level of knowledge at the time. What you don’t know cannot be projected in your daily actions. This explains why some people act in certain ways that seemed off to you but absolutely fine to them. When you understand this, it will prevent you from getting worked up.
Are you aware of the implications of the decisions you are making today?
Can you see the impact it is having or going to have on your life, relationship, career, or business?
When you reflect on the current reality of your life, you will observe that certain experiences of your past programmed you to act in certain ways. Your actions are influenced by the understanding of your worldview, which is largely influenced by the information available to you.
You may have come across people making decisions that can result in negative consequences. You might have also had encounters where you try to share your view to help such individuals only to be told off, make fun of it, or simply ignored. This can happen when an individual is completely unaware of the consequences of decisions or how to make healthy decisions touching on personal life, relationship, career, or business.
Examples:
- The practice of leadership style tends to demotivate team members or staff, hence increasing the attrition rate.
Sometimes a business owner or a team lead’s dictatorial or coercive approach to leading might be viewed as an effective way to lead without realizing the approach is counterproductive to the organization or the team.
- Being addicted to disempowering habits or substance abuse.
One way or the other, the individual concerned has justification for the decision. Some of these justifications could be to experiment in order to have an experience, keep up with societal pressure, or could be due to the desire for success.
- Making a decision to see that issues in your relationship, career, or business are resolved. Choosing to act this way could mean you understand that leaving issues to degenerate have more negative consequences than choosing the hard part to get things resolved.
The first step to making a successful decision is premised on knowing:
- What the decision is about.
- Why do you need to make that decision?
- What possible consequences or results would come from it.
Remember, this article is about the “Decision Making Process Framework” which you can apply to your personal, relationship, career, or business.
Always remember that the decisions you are making today have far-reaching consequences tomorrow.
Until I come your way next week Monday, do have a fantastic week ahead.
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