How Do You Make Decisions?

[on2wheels52]

I take something of a zen approach, I just do what I'm supposed to do. Not many things in life worth getting one's bowels in an uproar over.
Jim

[Don Ro]

I think that what MRM has said is that the only thing that the coin toss provides is that moment when it's in the air when you notice that you wish for a particular outcome. It's that wish that determines what you will do, not the way the coin lands. In fact, once you notice what outcome you wish for, you can just catch the coin and not even look at it.
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As I understand the strategy.

[Zeke]

I've overruled the coin many times. That is a bit of interesting philosophy or psychology that when you commit to making a decision, a decision will be made.

[jcommin]

I have used all 3 depending on the situation.

[jyl]

At work, or before that in school, I use A and am pretty rigorous about it. So it always bothered me that in life decisions I was unable to do so, but rather used B. as I've gotten older and maybe wiser, I've decided that to think that A can work for the really hard decisions is an arrogant over-estimation of my conscious intelligence. It still bothers me but I'm more accepting of my limitations.

[john70t]

C. By not deciding, you have made a conscious choice.
--or--
C. What will be important ten years from now?

[M.D. Holloway]

thinking will always get you into trouble...don't think just do then when it turns out to be the wrong thing don't do that again...

[saxen]

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[Tobra]

I do a list and talk to people I know and trust.

[Bill Douglas]

When I worked for the bank I went on decision making course (I still can't decide if I liked it or not ) and to cut a long story short you draw a line down the middle of a page. One side is "For" and the other is "Against". Think of anything related to it and have it weighted out of ten then enter it in the appropriate column.
after 30 or so entries add up each column and see which one has the highest score.

An example. Shall I move to another town.

For - close to the beach 7
Against - I'll miss my friends 10
Against - slightly windy 2

and so on.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

When I worked for the bank I went on decision making course (I still can't decide if I liked it or not ) and to cut a long story short you draw a line down the middle of a page. One side is "For" and the other is "Against". Think of anything related to it and have it weighted out of ten then enter it in the appropriate column.
after 30 or so entries add up each column and see which one has the highest score.

An example. Shall I move to another town.

For - close to the beach 7
Against - I'll miss my friends 10
Against - slightly windy 2

and so on.

That makes too much sense...way too logical for me.

[cashflyer]

I am a 'redshirt'.
No matter what my decision, I will not be in the next episode.

[Crowbob]

Across the hall in college was a legally blind guy who was preparing to enter U of M Law School the following fall. He carried with him the Great Arbiter. His arbiter was a Liberty silver dollar and was used many times per day.

The man would have earned a straight 4.0 GPA in undergrad studies but for earning a 2.0 in phys. ed. bowling as a sophomore. Pys. ed. was a requirement at the time.

I for many years subsequently carried my own Great Arbiter until losing it when my canoe overturned in the Pine River during a flash flood. Bad decision there.

[Por_sha911]

I do my decisions by apologetics. I look for the any pitfalls or negatives to the decision. Once I have found a solution to those negatives or, I have concluded that the unsolvable possibilities are acceptable risks then I go for it. It is a more cautious approach that forces me to make logical rather than emotional choices. This isn't something I knowingly do but I realized that this is how I'm naturally wired. Its not for everyone but it has worked well for me.

[Don Ro]

"This isn't something I knowingly do but I realized that this is how I'm naturally wired. Its not for everyone but it has worked well for me.'
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Similar to my style...more instinctual than any thing else.
When I've been creative in my life, I always give credit to Muse...as it seems that I was never the source of any of it, but rather just the vehicle through which some energy spoke.

[john70t]

Ask 3-5 independent and knowledgeable people whom you trust.
Contemplate their opinions thoroughly, over time.

Make your own decision.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by john70t

Ask 3-5 independent and knowledgeable people whom you trust.
Contemplate their opinions thoroughly, over time.
Make your own decision.

A valid process. The only thing I would add is based on the old adage:
"Don't take financial advice from a guy who's broke"
Be sure to get advice from folks who are successful in the area you are making a decision.