Decision Making: Make One

 Decision making "is simply the process of making a CHOICE".

Sounds easy right? But as you may have already experienced, the WHAT, WHICH, WHY, HOW, [or even WHERE, WHEN] of the CHOICE may as well be decision-making processes in themselves.

So, you will tend to agree with me when I say that decision making is a SERIES of making choices.

Wait, wouldn't that be a cyclical loop? Probably and depending on the situation, that is the state where we sometimes are unable to make a decision.

Top results from a quick search will tell you that there are 7 Steps of Decision Making and there are 12 Strategies you can use. Many more in the search results will lead you into details of how to employ the tested ways and means of how to go about the decision-making process.

In the 7 Steps of Decision Making, evaluation of the decision can entirely be a decision-making process: decide whether the action taken is the best alternative for the decision. Each of the steps can easily become complex.

I offer a SIMPLE METHOD:

Step 1: State the decision in a question

The question should be:

1. answerable by YES or NO
2. stated in the positive form by which the answer YES will favor the decision

Step 2: Decide between YES and NO.

IF the answer is NO, then you're DONE with the process. No need to do anything. 

IF the answer is YES, you can continue to the next step.

If you are unable to answer or if you do not believe that you can answer the question, revise the question and refer back to Step 1.

Step 3: Ask: "Will you able to do anything favoring this decision?" and back to Step 2.

Proceed to next step if you already answered yes to this question.

Step 4: Just DO

If you reached this part of the process, congratulations! You made a decision and you should be ready to do something about it.