Problem Solving and Decision Making

"When you finally decide to decide and act on a problem, you will be amazed how many problems your decision will solve."

Do you have problems? Of course, who really does not? We all know that everyone has problems. But do our problems keep recurring? Do you have problems at present that you barely overcame last year and the year before that? I bet for someone like you, there are problems that have a way of popping up yearly. That is why your New Years resolution are almost the same year after year, and the list seems to get longer every year! These resoluttions seem to be ineffective. In fact you might have just remembered some of them  only because the word resolutions is mentioned here. That means they may have been forgotten for a whole year! Now that you are old enough, you have again new problems on top of recurring ones - no wonder your resolution list gets longer.


Do you want to prevent some of your problems from rearing their ugly heads again? If so, read on.


Your Eye Opener


A decision is the bridge between analysis and action in a problem situation. It serves as a launching pad for action. To arrive at an "intelligent" decision a person goes through a process. There are several decision-making processes in solving a problem. 


Bear this in mind when you encounter a problem situation


1. Be conscious that there is a problem. Without it what is there to analyze and  decide on? If there is really a problem, denying it or refusing to see it is a problem in itself.


2. If you identify the problem specifically and clearly, you have already solve half of it. A wrong diagnosis brings about a wrong prescription.


3. It is effective to trace the problem to its root cause or causes. If you just solve the symptoms, the problem will remain unsolved.


4. Devise a solution that is specific and clear enough to be implemented; otherwise, the solution itself can breed other problems because of misinterpretation. 


A decision is your choice of a solution to a problem from among some options. Will a particular solution solve the problem, its root cause and not just its symptoms. Will the solution help in the achievement of the objective. I you answer to these question is yes, then your situation will solve the problem.




Remember  


The eye of the storm is the most calm place in the middle of the swirling winds. Problems will always surround and hound us. Problems are one of the inevitable in life. You are in the same boat as other human beings. In fact, other people may have greater problems than you are.


It is said that many of the problems ailing human beings are just the products of wrong decisions made in the past. It would be much easier to come up with intelligen and therefore, right decisions if a person has the right standards to set his/her life's priorities aright and acts according to them immediately. 


The higher these standards are, the better for the individual. These higher values make up the ideal person. Work these values and come closer to the "I" that you aim for. This is much easier to do than search for an ideal person or situation now because there is nothing more ideal than the originator of values, the Creator, the best factor your "I" way. 

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