Decision Making Chart copyright marla stone
Difficult Decision
Should I change jobs? |
Natural Reaction
Feel Overwhelmed Stay Unhappy and Unmotivated to Make Effort to Change Complain Freak Out Passive/Aggresive Behavior towards Employer Take Out Frustration on Family and Friends Feel Lousy |
Preferred Reaction
Feel Confident Interveiw for New Position Find New Position Remain Calm Assertive Think Positive Hire a Professional Resume Specialist to Re-Do Resume Post Resume on Monster Go to a Head Hunter/ Recruiter |
Steps from Natural to Preferred
Test the market with sending out resume Re-Educate / Re-Train Get Tested for Career Options Practice Interviewing Develop New Skills Exercise, Sleep more and Eat Healthy Learn New Communication Skills |
It is hard to make difficult decisions. You may be in denial that decisions can be a process and not want to go forward with making a decision due to lack of confidence and or decreased motivation. You may put off decision making, struggling and agonizing over even the simplest of decisions because you could be torn by the options or lack of options. Decisions, decsions, decisions!!!
But there is a really easy method that I have come up with called
​”THE DECISION MAKING CHART”
THE DECISION MAKING CHART (Example Above)
Use this simple chart every time you make difficult or simple decisions.  It will help you focus on how to get to a preferred reaction/action!! It will help you make a decision.