Improve your chances of getting more of what you really want by making better decisions. Whether a decision is good or bad depends on how we make it, not on the outcome. To be sure we reach a decision which makes sense and feels right, we need to understand the concepts of what makes a good, quality, decision. Making quality decisions consistently has a higher percentage of getting good outcomes.
By making a decision, we choose to cut off one alternative future to pursue another. Our decisions shape our lives.
Learn More"Declaring" a decision is consciously creating the space for a choice--driving a wedge between stimulus and response.
Learn MoreThree Types of Decisions
Learn MoreThe distinction between a good decision and a good outcome
Learn MoreThis checklist is useful for rating the state of our decisions.
Learn MoreWe can judge the quality of a decision by the strength of the six DQ elements.
Learn MoreHowever, a good decision process will help us to face whatever it is that is most important in reaching the best choice, even if it takes effort or feels uncomfortable.
Learn MoreUnderstanding our own preferences helps us to leverage our natural strengths as well as anticipate where we might want to work harder or seek help.
Learn MoreWe all have biases that affect how we filter and interpret information.
Learn MoreBy applying the principles and process described here, we can reach DQ in a systematic manner. Although the approach is sound for all decisions, it is not practical for the many in-the-moment decisions where time is short. Some of these in-the-moment decisions can be life shaping—e.g., our response in emergencies or our choice to become a passenger with a driver that has been drinking alcohol. Also, the sum total of many small decisions, when taken together, may have a very big impact on our life.
Learn MoreThe decision process we recommend builds learning into making each specific decision: go through the decision—once quickly—not to decide, but to identify what you may be missing in the six links. Then, before you really decide, use that learning to improve the weakest elements in the decision.
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Learn MoreParticipants in decision-making may be serving in three distinct roles: decision-maker, decision staff, or content expert/implementer.
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