How Do You Make A Decision?

[parsley]

Do you consult with family? A mentor? Library?
Act Immediately? Wait two days? In other words,
what guides your decision? Has your formula
been effective for you? Do you stew? Or enjoy
making decisions. Has the way you make
decisions evolved and changed a lot over the
years? Have your decisions served you well, not
only financially, but emotionally? Does emotion
sway your decision-making significantly? (ie I
hate Joe so I won't buy his straw bales across
the fence). Your own experience....? Pars

[ColevilleH2S]

No matter what anyone says emotion always plays a large roll in desicion making. That is just the nature of the human beast.

I find I have been served well by "sleeping on it" if I have a big desicion to make. The pros and cons seem to become clearer after a nights rest.

[BreadWinner]

"When in doubt do without" this statment has helped me with allot.

[SASKFARMER3]

Some deals if you know in your heart and head their too good to be true hit when the fires hot. Don't sleep on it. Took a guy to lawyers once when he agreed to sell. Other wise I probably would have lost it if waited a week. But remember a large land deal in 1981 that my dad and I looked at told the real estate that we needed to think about it . By next morning backed away. Other guy bought it lost it and now we own it paid 1/3 what the first guy paid. took 5 years.
Simply you win some, and some you loose. Its how you deal with it that matters.

[parsley]

Cole, have you picked up any tricks on how to
lessen both influence amd impact of emotion in
your decision making, besides awallowing a quart
of rum, of course. Pars

[parsley]

And HOW do you deal with emotion Sask?
Divorce emotion entirely? Talk about it? Kick the
dog? Get drunk? Ambivalence after two days?
Everyone is different. Which is generally the most
effective emotion-regulator, though, if you were
teaching a class on avoiding stress?

Farmer's lives are packed with stress. Para

[farmaholic]

Parsley: In alot of cases age has a way of teaching me how to make better decisions. When young, alot of spontaneous decisions get made with out alot of thought of near term and long term consequences. After learning that hindsight is 20/20 and what I decide today affects tomorrow, Ive learned to make better decisions. Take your time if time allows. Talk it over with those in your family that it will affect. Make a list of pros and cons, it's hard to justify a longer list of cons than pros. Listen to your conscience, if it doesn't "feel" right it probably isn't the right thing to do.

[pgluca]

This is rich especially comming from me but. "THEY" say you are supposed to have a written master plan, a goal that your business and personal lives are proceeding toward. So if after crunching all the numbers, getting all the advice you can (and weighing its credibilty) deciding wheather it fits your risk tolerance, and determining weather it is taking you where you want to go. Then I would try and predict how it will affect your relationships, family, friends, business etc. If things are not clear a this point let how you FEEL about it tip the scale.

[freewheat]

I find making decisions either very easy
or very tough. I like the easy ones. The
tough ones, I stew, overthink,
overanalyse, and this drives me crazy.
The more I think, the more I find pros
and cons, and the decision gets harder.
I don't really have anyone to sound off
on, and this is a limiting thing too. If
dad were here it would be good to run
things by him. My wife, though she
supports me, is not as involved with
farm decisions as I would want her to
be. Sometimes the weight of it gets
heavy. I guess pars, to answer the
question, I would say with great ease,
or else great difficulty, depending
onthe type of decision. The more
important ones, thankfully I find easier
to make, than the less pressing ones.

Procrastination anyone?

[freewheat]

BTW, the emotion of Joe with his bales?
I deal with anyone around if I see an
opportunity. While I don't really know
or find many of my neighbors all that
considerate, friendly, or helpful, I
still will deal with them. I am an easy
going guy with a sense of humour, which
at times people take advantage of. All
the neighbors and their kids are out to
get as much land as they possibly can,
and it is one big acres matter most in
life competition. So? I am not the kind
to hold grudges. Some of them? If you
miss waving at them once in your life,
they may never talk to you again. LOL

[rockpile]

I have this amazing dart board!

[malleefarmer]

head,heart and guts
the gut decisions usually win.

[blackpowder]

The study of human decision making processes is fascinating and quite complex. I've listened to a few lectures and it's mostly out of my league. I studied it hoping to analyze all the stupid things I've done. It only helped me feel better about myself. I continued to pull *****s.
Perhaps we have 'trained' or thinking decisions and 'untrained' or unthinking decisions. Learned or instinct. Most unique to us.
My 'thinking' decisions are led by my Type 5 personality - research basically. Or solid experience ie- business.
I wish I had a better handle on my unthinking decisions.
Glad that maturity has led to the end of hair-pulling after the event.

[farmaholic]

So far I think most have missed the most powerful tool for decision making of all, the ouija board.

[blackpowder]

"Gut" decisions are instinctive based on experience. With the right experience they can be uncannily correct.