Option in Decision

Best Option in Decision

There’s a term you may have heard that describes the opposite of good decision making – analysis paralysis. This is when for whatever reason, you cannot or will not make a decision and then execute. Perhaps you believe you need more information; perhaps you need to convince someone who was not enrolled in your decision or the decision making process. For these reasons or others, you may find yourself stuck in first gear spinning and spinning. You’re ready to move but something may be holding you back.
This very same process will force you to look at potential downsides or negative outcomes of your decision. So let’s take a look at adverse consequences of your decision. No decision or plan is perfect.
Finding adverse consequences or potential negative outcomes is a process just like decision analysis is a process. If i choice this option, what may I have missed in the decision process that is required to make this choice successful? What might change over time, or as a result of this decision that would impact its long term success?
Each adverse consequence is listed and for each, a score is given for its negative impact to your choice. The score can be low, medium or high. Up to this point you’ve used a very logical process to make perhaps a very difficult decision. Surely you wouldn’t use this process to select a place to eat lunch! However, when considering life’s most difficult decisions, the process works for you to insure you consider multiple points of view, the very best information and then focuses you on the best all-around option. Further, when you consider adverse consequences and create a plan to deal with them, you’ve set a foundation for a great decision.

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