High Quality Decisions
There
are four basic steps to making high-quality decisions.
If you follow these steps, you are less likely to make
a mistake. The more steps you leave out, the greater
the chance that you will.
The
four steps are abbreviated ACIP, like "a sip" of tea!
A stands
for Alternatives. When
making an important decision, look at all your choices.
Ask yourself, "Are there any other ways I can solve
this problem? Ways that I haven't thought of?"
C stands
for Consequences.
Once you have narrowed down your choices to those that
look best, weigh the pros and cons of each.
I stands
for Information.
Search for new information about each option you are
considering.
P means Plans.
Make detailed plans for (a) how you will carry out
your decision, and (b) what you will do if one of the
negative consequences that you thought of under "C" occurs.
* Many
of the ideas in this section are drawn from the extensive
research of the internationally known and respected psychologists, Irving
L. Janis and Leon Mann.
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