A man makes decisions every day. All his actions are the result of the analysis of various processes. Making a rational decision is sometimes difficult. The best way to do this is to consider all feasible options and choose the most reasonable one.
Instruction manual
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First of all, you need to calm down. If you are tense and looking for a way out of the situation, your decision will most likely be emotional or ill-conceived. Take your time if you feel that you cannot control yourself, get distracted and forget for a while about the task that you are facing.
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Try to fully study the problem you are working on. Look for any information that will help you make the most rational decision. New data for you will allow you to look at the problem from different angles. Talk to your friends, maybe they have already encountered a similar situation. In addition, it is important to get a neutral opinion. Try to chat with people who are in no way interested in your decisions. Their opinion will be the most objective and unbiased.
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Often the solution to the problem seems unambiguous. The very first way out of the situation seems to be the only true one. However, this is almost always not the case. Take a piece of paper and try writing down a list of alternatives on it. Your task at this stage is to simply list all the possible solutions without trying to analyze their consequences. Some of the options may seem crazy at first, but later they may become the best of all. Therefore, do not miss anything, write whatever you think of.
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The next step is to analyze the consequences of certain actions. In addition, you must weigh the risks that you assume. Go through the list of options that you have compiled and briefly indicate next to each of them whether it is a good option or a bad one. Options with the worst or with the best consequences can be distinguished separately. Having determined the consequences of a particular decision, consider whether it is worth the risks that it carries. If the risks are unacceptable, feel free to discard this option. Also, cross out those decisions that lead to the worst consequences.
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The decision in some cases can be extremely difficult. The number of options can be very large, many of them will seem quite acceptable. In this case, try to trust your intuition. Perhaps you have already solved similar problems and remember the results of your actions. This will help you make the right choice at the moment. If you don’t hear the inner voice, try to fool yourself. Talk about the problem out loud, express ways to solve it as if you are giving advice to another person.
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Whatever your decision, be prepared to take responsibility for it. Even if it does not turn out to be the most rational, it is important that it be deliberate and not accepted in an emergency mode. In any case, you can tell yourself that you did everything possible to solve the problem.