THE ACT OF DECISION MAKING

The act of Making a decision is a crucial aspect of the life of every individual, people make life-changing decisions every day, be it a decision about their health, finances, relationships and other important life matters. It is the major thing that gives our lives shape, a good or bad decision affects our lives in significant ways, either positively or negatively, it is as a result of these decisions that we have taken some time ago that has brought us to where we are today.

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My decision-making process is usually slow, this is because I take my time to think, evaluate and process my options on every decision after which, I usually take it up to my group of trusted friends who will tell me their opinions on the matter. Although not influenced by their opinions sometimes, their opinions are what help me either to go forward on a decision or to take a step back. In most cases, I use their opinions as a gauge to rate my decision either as good or bad at the end of the day.

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Sometimes, I may decide to delegate my decision-making process to some trusted friend who may have better knowledge and understanding regarding the subject matter. For instance, in deciding to get a laptop for myself, I give total autonomy of that decision-making power to my friend who knows better about my laptop specification needs.

A lot of factors affect our decision-making process some of which include financial factors, emotional factors, economic factors and so on. To make any decision, one should have access to credible information about the subject on which the decision relies though having an overload of information can sometimes cause indecision or result in delayed decision-making, it is still advised to be well informed before any decision. It is also encouraged to have a clear goal and objective and be able to understand the concept of prioritization of needs.

For effective and efficient decision-making, one must master the skill of critical thought, this is being able to evaluate situations with an open mind and without bias, relevant information, weighing your options by considering the pros and cons of your options and also keeping an open mind by asking others on their suggestions and opinions on the subject matter.

It is usually exciting whenever the decisions we make come out to be the right decision and frustrating whenever we make the wrong decision. Whenever I have a serious decision to make, it usually takes the whole of me and eats up a lot of my energy since I always take a lot of time to make decisions.

To decide on what to study in my higher education, not till I had written my JAMB (the examination taken for qualification into the university in Nigeria), I had the intention of studying accounting but later changed my decision to study Economics instead, this a decision I took based on some information I got from my economics teacher back then in school who convinced me at that time that studying economics was better since I could work anywhere in comparison to Accounting.

My name is @rishagamo and this is my response to the Hive Learners weekly prompt Week 161 Episode 3.

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