In the world of uncertainties, all we have is a sound mind to take calculated risks

It's a world of uncertainty where we can't even predict what will happen in the next minute but time from time, we're charged with the responsibility of making decisions that will carry us for as long as we live our lives, such an irony.

Decision making is never an easy thing to do because many things are at stake depending on the nature of the decision you want to make and most importantly, the consequences of that decision.
The pressure gets doubled up when your close ones (parents, siblings, friends or relatives) has a contrary opinion other than the decision you want to make... It becomes a dilemma if you should agree with him or go with your own decision..

Humans love having someone they will hold responsible and sometimes may go for the later so as to have who to point fingers at when things go south but despite having someone to point fingers at or not, it's always a sad thing when things don't go as planned but then in life, it doesn't go our way all the time, I guess that's why we're Humans after all.

Steps I Take To Make A Decision

• Brainstorm on it..

Whenever I have a big decision to make about a particular deed, I always take my time to think thoroughly about it asking myself many questions about the deed especially if it's even worth it in the first place.

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• Weigh the merits and demerits..

Next, I ask myself the merits and demerits of such a decision, I try to weigh them and of course, if the demerits far outweighs the merits, I will never embark on the deed because it's as if the odds are already against me from the onset so why make a decision that will go against me only to leave me with disappointment later... I don't think it's worth it.

• Give my best..

Now if eventually I decide to make that decision, the next thing I ask myself is what I will do to make this decision come through.
Making a good decision is like solving 50% of the problem but then the other 50% comes with making efforts for the decision to come through... Without doing your best for your decision, it will never come through.

• What if it goes South..

Now before I finally decide, having weighed the merits and demerits, I ask myself, what if it goes wrong, what if things doesn't exactly go as planned, what will be my next line of action?

I ask myself this question not because I want what I decided on to go wrong but then we're Humans afterall and things don't always go as planned... Atimes, it goes South and it is for those moments I ask myself this question even though I will continue with what I've decided on provided it ticked all the other boxes because if you keep thinking of the "what if it goes South, you'll never start up something because it's a world of uncertainty."

How long does it take you to make major decisions?

I honestly haven't thought about it but most times In life when I'm faced with an important decision to make, I consider myself not in a race against time but in a race against making the most beneficial decision against all odds regardless of the time it took me.

What if things don't go as planned, what methods do I emplore to cope up with?

Believe me when I tell you that nothing pains more than when you carefully sat down to think a decision through and finally make one, give your best in making it a success only to be disappointed in the end but then like I'll always say, we're Humans afterall and some of our decision will definitely go south, so in the face of those situations, it isn't the disappointment that matters but rather your response to the disappointment that matters.

At first it'll be like the whole world fell on your shoulder, you'll look useless, you'll second-guess yourself a lot, you'll ask yourself if you were equal to the task initially and series of questions..

But you know what?

With time, you'll heal and give it a second push depending on what the subject matter is because you've got no other option other than trying again.

You won't die unless you commit suicide which is not worth it at all rather you will try again.

So in the face of disappointments, I just simply take some days off, then get up and try again.

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Making decisions is very tasking and demanding but then you won't because of the outcome you don't know anything about to stop making decisions, some might eventually favour you even as some will go against you.... It's all about taking a calculated risk with your sound mind.

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Thanks for reading and have a nice day