Have you ever known someone who seems to make one bad decision after another? Do you feel paralyzed over a major life change headed your way? Good news, there are some great tools and resources that can aid in decision making.
Why Decision Making IS an Important Skill
4 Ways to Get Better at Making Decisions
A key block in Decision Making involves Biases. There are a whole bunch of different types of biases, some of them come to us by our genetics and some of them are learned. Either way, in order to make life better, easier, clearer, we can identify which ones we are using that are hurting us, and then change/make them go away.
Six Biases that Mess up Decision Making
If you think you have mastered the six biases, how about a look at some more:
20 Biases that Mess up Decision Making
Tools for making more complex decisions. My family and teams utilize Decision Matrix for things like deciding on which college, job, car…anything that has multiple decision points is fair game for a run through a Decision Matrix.
Simple is often the best answer, you can create a Decision Matrix on paper or whiteboard too.
Some people spend their whole life researching and teaching on the topic of Decision Making. If you believe you have a good handle on Decision Making here is an advanced way to look at Decision Making…
Different Types of Decision Making Models
If you LOVE the subject of Decision Making here are some additional resources…
The Achievement Habit (my current favorite book)
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