Effective Decision Making

In psychology, decision-making is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities. Every decision-making process produces a final choice; it may or may not prompt action. Decision-making is the process of identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and preferences of the decision-maker.

Human performance with regard to decisions has been the subject of active research from several perspectives:

• Psychological: examining individual decisions in the context of a set of needs, preferences and values the individual has or seeks.
• Cognitive: the decision-making process regarded as a continuous process integrated in the interaction with the environment.
• Normative: the analysis of individual decisions concerned with the logic of decision-making, or communicative rationality, and the invariant choice it leads to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision-making

5 Simple Steps to Improve Your Decision Making

1. Don’t delay
2. Shelve ego and emotion
3. Ask an expert
4. Question your data
5. Plan for doomsday

Alex McClafferty ,  

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexmcclafferty/2015/02/05/decision-making