As someone who can struggle making decisions, I am very curious about how others make decisions.
One of the reasons I struggle with decisions is that I’m a high Perceiver according to the Myers-Briggs test, which means I feel more comfortable collecting additional data rather than making a decision.
So I’d like to collect some data, here and now. How do you make decisions when
- you are definitely out of your depth?
- you get conflicting data from experts?
- there can be considerable costs (monetary or otherwise) if you make a wrong decision?
- you secretly wish the problem would just go away magically?
- you tend to catastrophize worst case scenarios?
- you’re afraid of getting trapped on a path you can’t escape?
- you distrust your ability to figure out who and what to trust?
- you wonder about people’s motives?
- there is so much miscommunication and misunderstanding among humans, that it’s difficult to get to the “truth”?
- you don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings or otherwise cause them trouble?
- you have trouble asking for help?
- different people give you very different advice?
- you would much rather be focusing on situations within your comfort zone?
- you’re not psychic and can’t predict the future?
- you feel like you don’t belong in the role of decision maker?
Right now, I’m having trouble making decisions about what to discuss in this blog post! Should I write about my struggles with decisions regarding getting the repair work done on our home? Should I share my problems deciding about next steps related to Joan the cat’s recurring ear infections? Should I discuss the kashmillion decisions I make every day, with varying levels of comfort?
Well, I’m making the decision to share these images.
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How do you make decisions about which of those National Days to consider today?
How do you make decisions about which of these videos (which I found by searching YouTube for “how do you make decisions?”) to watch?
How do you make decisions about what thoughts and feelings to express, here and elsewhere?
I have no trouble making decisions about expressing gratitude, so thanks to all who made the decision to visit this blog today, including YOU!
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