Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Evening, wherever you are.
Everyday we make some choices, it is part of all the things we have been doing everyday for our entire life time. Those choice can be an easy small things, or maybe a major life changer... From which dress you want to use, what dish you want to buy for your lunch, or to major things like whether or not you are going to propose your girlfriend, retire or resign from current jobs and many more.
Those making a choice thing is what exactly most people say as Decision Making. We do decision making everyday, multiple times, on many occasion and situation. This means we have to take decision and learning how to make a good decision is essential to our daily life, not limited to our professional or study only.
However Decision Making is not a one time lesson you take and you are mastering it at once. I know some studies have "DECISION MAKING as part of their subject. It is a good thing to have it, but you can not master it from learning from paper. You must learn from your experience too, and most of the time it is not knowing what to do that matters, but it is making the right decision that matters.
So let me share you a naration of my opinion about one of the oldest technique people use in their decision making process. To put this simple, have you heard someone said this before:
Let Me Talk to Our Management First
The Art Of Buying Time
I believe we all have heard that, “I want to talk to management first.” Rarely it is a situation when they need management approval, most of the time they are already know what to answer or decide on that case.
This step is taken not because they are indecisive it is more on the need to make delay tactic or taking a strategic pause. This step reflects that they see this decision will demand heavy responsibility, so they want to ensure their decision still aligns withthe policy and bigger picture.
Although some people take this as a coward move or a bad delay, actually we have some condition that taking this approach is very needed. This is not about stalling or avoiding responsibility, but more on getting the best decision you can get for the best result.
They are many reasons for it, but I will try to simplify them into two points only, It is about Information Gathering and Thinking with Clear Mind.
Gathering Information
Getting a communication or feedback from management or a higher authority will help you understand more the whole situation, so you can ensure your decision aligns with company goals and policies. It is good not only for short term, but it will be part of the longer term plans.
You will have more insight about your resource too, whether your company can afford or not. If it is a family issue, talking with your spouse and your family which help you understand the whole situation. For example you have a job offer with a massive income increase, but you are demanded to be reallocated onto other city. Maybe it is ok for you, but not ok for your children. Or maybe you have no good insight about the new city, so you need to dig deeper about it first.
So you can get more information by yourself, or by asking and consulting with others. None are bested the other, you need both of them.
Thinking Cleary
Time is limited, so everything have to be done fast or in short of time. The bad thing is that for some people this creates a pressure for their emotion and thought. We need to understand that for both, business and daily life, decision-making is not always about being cool and looked smart by taking instant decision making. Taking time before deciding something is good, it will create space to think things through, gather and consider for the options, and ultimately you can avoid bad decision which is branded as big mistakes.
So by getting some time, you get out from the pressure and you will have space to think about the reason, background and all alternative you can have. Do not rush any decision because it is the source of mistakes. Do not make emotional decision or impulse choice over serious and important issues.
Sometime you need to consult and discuss this to a certain circle, but not for gathering information. But it is more to help you calm down, get focused, and see clearly the whole situation. Good decisions often require input from stakeholders and nothing to be ashamed of it.
In the end it is having a good decision that is matter, it is not about how cool a person in making that decision in a fast pace of time.
Thank you for coming and reading my post. I live in Jakarta, Ex-Capital City of Indonesia. Currently I am running a small business with less than 10 people. I used to live by making money online, that's why I like being here, on HIVE, and in #PIMP - (Paper In My Pocket) community.
