From the course: Decision-Making Strategies

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Questions to ask yourself before taking action

Questions to ask yourself before taking action

From the course: Decision-Making Strategies

Questions to ask yourself before taking action

- As you get ready to ultimately make that decision and take action, there are some critical questions you need to ask yourself before you move forward. In your exercise files is a handout where you need to consider the following questions and document your responses. Take the time to think this stuff through. So as you get ready to move forward, ask yourself, how big is this decision? Can I break that big decision into smaller ones to reduce the risk that I face? How irrevocable is this decision? Can you roll it back if you're wrong, or is it you have to get it right on the first shot? You should know the difference. What's the cost of being wrong, and what's the value of being right? And is that an appropriate trade-off that you're making? How long do you have to make the decision? Many times, we impose a deadline on ourselves which isn't real. What's the real deadline for making this call and moving forward?…

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