4 Tips to Make
Smarter Decisions Faster
Have
you ever lost out on an opportunity because you just couldn't make a decision
in time?
You
were frustrated because you were losing the time and the opportunity but still
you couldn’t decide so you have been left with the worst options ?
Don’t
bother about it anymore! Luckily, this is a skill you can improve.
Here
are four strategies to make it easier:
1.Set a
Decision-Making Deadline
Give
yourself a timer that helps you focus on the decision rather than having
your mind wander and get distracted. With the pressure of a time limit, you’ll
need to get to the heart of the matter faster and collect the pros and cons
quickly, which you might not otherwise do.
2. Place a dollar
value on your decision-making time.
It
really helps if you can think of your time as money. Value your hours in
dollars, and break each hour into ten slots of six minutes. Based on how much
you make per hour, determine the dollar value of six minutes of your time. Six
more minutes spent on this decision equals another $XX dollars spent. That
should get you motivated to make up your mind!
3. Know the
strategic objective
You
may find it helpful to reduce the number of criteria that bear on your
decision. Try to distil the key criteria into a strategic objective. Your
strategic objective should fulfil one or two of the most important criteria
4. Embrace the
Possibility of Failure
To
become focused and make quick decisions, you must learn to embrace the
possibility of failure. Failure is a part of our life. When making a decision,
don’t try to avoid failure because honestly, you can’t. Don’t allow it to hold
you back. Bad decisions can be recovered from and learned from, but
not making a decision at all means we don’t get to determine how our lives
unfold. A fear of failure means that something or someone will make that
decision for you.
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Wiktoria Skomra, 8381
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