DecisionPoints

The messiness of life requires us to make decisions. The more people involved, the more complex the decisions to be made. The more risk involved, the more consequential the decision.

Valued mentors over the years have shared with me some solid wisdom in the decision making process:

• Ground all decisions in our deeply held principles. Never forsake those.
• When time affords, seek the counsel of wise others who have faced similar decisions.
• Forecast extensively the then-what-happens? scenarios of the decision options.
• Always factor in the impact of our decision on others.
• Pilot decisions when possible, to "test the waters."
• Be willing to change a decision if it proves untenable.
• Take as much time as is prudent to make the decision. 
• The best decision in the world, made one minute too late.....................is futile.

Happy decisioning!